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June 19th, 2009, 09:08 PM
Enrique Vela, 68
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Ute Marquez, 56
They essentially used a lie Detector machine to Analise the patient health??? LoL, too fucking bad they didnt ask them, if they were cops, while they had them hooked up to the machine, before they started the Quackery on them.
WINTER HAVEN | A married couple were arrested Wednesday on charges of practicing what Sheriff Grady Judd called "quackery."
At a news conference outside the couple's business Wednesday, Judd said Enrique Vela, 68, and co-owner and wife Ute Marquez, 56, diagnosed two undercover detectives with various ailments, then provided natural remedies they claimed would cure them.
The two have owned the Alternative Therapy Center at 1502 Dundee Road for nine years. Neither is licensed to practice medicine. Their business license, permitting Vela to practice massage therapy, will expire at the end of August. Vela is a certified massage therapist, according to the Department of Health.
The couple are charged with unlicensed practice of a health care profession and unlicensed practice of medicine.
The Sheriff's Office began investigating the center after the health department received an anonymous complaint alleging Vela and Marquez were illegally diagnosing patients with cat parasites and arsenic poisoning.
According to the detectives' reports, Vela and Marquez used a machine called the Asyra System to identify toxins, parasites and viruses in the blood. The machine is not FDA-approved.
Vela referred to himself as a doctor of homeopathic medicine, and told one of the detectives he could cure early stages of cancer. He told another detective plagued with appendicitis that she had hookworm larvae, among other ailments, after using the machine, the reports said.
The Asyra is intended to measure galvanic skin response by reading the skin's resistance to electrical currents. It is frequently used to measure emotional responses, such as in lie detector tests. However, promotional brochures for the machine list various other uses, including identifying digestive maladies and sleep disturbances, and analyzing the presence of toxins, worms and bacteria in the body.
The Sheriff's Office said it is not illegal to use the machine but that its use is permitted only by a licensed medical practitioner.
As deputies walked the couple out of the business to a patrol car, they responded to reporters' questions.
"I just hope that the people who know us know what we do. … I think this is a great misunderstanding," Marquez said.
Vela is charged with four counts and Marquez three counts of unlicensed practice of a health care profession. Vela is also charged with four counts and Marquez with three counts of unlicensed practice of medicine.
The Department of Health has received only the one complaint about the business.
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Ute Marquez, 56
They essentially used a lie Detector machine to Analise the patient health??? LoL, too fucking bad they didnt ask them, if they were cops, while they had them hooked up to the machine, before they started the Quackery on them.
WINTER HAVEN | A married couple were arrested Wednesday on charges of practicing what Sheriff Grady Judd called "quackery."
At a news conference outside the couple's business Wednesday, Judd said Enrique Vela, 68, and co-owner and wife Ute Marquez, 56, diagnosed two undercover detectives with various ailments, then provided natural remedies they claimed would cure them.
The two have owned the Alternative Therapy Center at 1502 Dundee Road for nine years. Neither is licensed to practice medicine. Their business license, permitting Vela to practice massage therapy, will expire at the end of August. Vela is a certified massage therapist, according to the Department of Health.
The couple are charged with unlicensed practice of a health care profession and unlicensed practice of medicine.
The Sheriff's Office began investigating the center after the health department received an anonymous complaint alleging Vela and Marquez were illegally diagnosing patients with cat parasites and arsenic poisoning.
According to the detectives' reports, Vela and Marquez used a machine called the Asyra System to identify toxins, parasites and viruses in the blood. The machine is not FDA-approved.
Vela referred to himself as a doctor of homeopathic medicine, and told one of the detectives he could cure early stages of cancer. He told another detective plagued with appendicitis that she had hookworm larvae, among other ailments, after using the machine, the reports said.
The Asyra is intended to measure galvanic skin response by reading the skin's resistance to electrical currents. It is frequently used to measure emotional responses, such as in lie detector tests. However, promotional brochures for the machine list various other uses, including identifying digestive maladies and sleep disturbances, and analyzing the presence of toxins, worms and bacteria in the body.
The Sheriff's Office said it is not illegal to use the machine but that its use is permitted only by a licensed medical practitioner.
As deputies walked the couple out of the business to a patrol car, they responded to reporters' questions.
"I just hope that the people who know us know what we do. … I think this is a great misunderstanding," Marquez said.
Vela is charged with four counts and Marquez three counts of unlicensed practice of a health care profession. Vela is also charged with four counts and Marquez with three counts of unlicensed practice of medicine.
The Department of Health has received only the one complaint about the business.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090617/NEWS/906175067/1338/NEWS00?Title=Polk-Sheriff-Couple-Practiced-Quackery-