NEWS: Salon Owner Charged with Scamming Celebrities
Last Updated (Monday, 30 August 2010 21:09)
Maria Gabriella Perez, the owner of a Beverly Hills beauty salon faces fraud charges because she used credit card information from celebrity clients such as Jennifer Aniston and Liv Tyler to ring up fraudulent charges.
Maria Gabriella Perez was arrested Wednesday by Secret Service agents at her business, Chez Gabriela Studio. The 51-year-old was charged with two counts of fraud.
Court documents show that more than $214,000 in fraudulent charges were made from Perez's business to two credit cards belonging to Tyler last year.
Jennifer Aniston spoke about the issue on Good Morning America saying that she has an incident with Perez several years back and took her business elsewhere. She added “I knew something like this would eventually happen because there's no way you can get away with that. It's terrible."
Perez was released on bail and her attorney Stephen Kahn told reporters, “At this point everything is very preliminary. She did not enter a plea because today was not an arraignment. It's very easy to make accusations but at this point everything we know so far has us believing that she is innocent."
If convicted, Perez could face up to 25 years in prison.
For more information on Perez and her skin care studio, visit her website.
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