Seven months after Lahavah Wallace's weight loss operation, a New York bariatric surgery practice sued her, accusing her of "intentionally" failing to pay nearly $18,000 of her bill.
Long Island Minimally Invasive Surgery, which does business as the New York Bariatric Group, went on to accuse Wallace of "embezzlement," alleging she kept insurance payments that should have been turned over to the practice.
Wallace denies the allegations, which the bariatric practice has leveled against patients in hundreds of debt-collection lawsuits filed over the past four years, court records in New York state show.
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