Female faux physician cops a feel in Idaho bars

by Hannah Clay Wareham

Bay Windows

Tuesday November 30, 2010

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Kristina Ross is being held on $100,000 bail after posing as a physician and performing "breast exams" on other women in Boise-area bars.

The 37-year-old is in Ada County Jail on two felony counts of practicing medicine without a license.

Ross was arrested in the spring for petty theft under the name Kristoffer Jon Ross. According to The Idaho Statesman, Ross has a criminal record as a man, but official documents identify her gender as "MTF," or "male-to-female," indicating that she may be transgender.

Ross told women at two separate bars that she was a plastic surgeon and identified herself as "Dr. Berlyn Aussieahshowna," a fake name. Employees at a licensed plastic surgery practice reported that Ross handed out business cards identifying their practice, and when women called to confirm appointments with "Dr. Aussieahshowna," they became alarmed and alerted authorities.

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