In the News – Man Accused of Hair Loss Cream Scam Blames Transplant Industry

Snippet from the article:

Now 55-year-old Joseph Fox Batista sits in a Miami-Dade County jail, accused of scamming his yogurt cream investors and spending their money on a luxury apartment in the Flamingo condo on South Beach, fancy dinners, alcohol, and, one victim says, drugs.

In a jailhouse interview with the Miami Herald, Fox dismissed charges of grand theft and organized scheming to defraud as persecution from “shady forces, possibly members of the powerful and very jealous hair transplant industry.”

Read the full story at MSNBC — Man accused in scam blames hair transplant industry

According to the article, people invested thousands of dollars into the idea that yogurt could supposedly regrow hair, reverse aging, and turn gray hair dark again. Wow. I don’t even know what to say…