Woman sentenced for stealing identity to get bigger breast implants

A Tamarac woman who broke the law to get bigger breast implants was sentenced Monday morning to two and a half years in federal prison.

Shatarka Nuby, 29, pleaded guilty in August to aggravated identity theft and a credit card fraud charge, admitting she pilfered another woman's identity so she could rack up nearly $20,000 in bills.

Nuby had faced up to seven years in prison.

She has said that she needed new implants because the old ones gave her breathing problems.
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While it's rare for someone to use a stolen identity to pay for plastic surgery, it has happened before in Broward County.

A Fort Lauderdale woman was sentenced last year to five years' probation after pleading guilty to stealing another woman's identity to put down $5,000 for a tummy tuck.

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