🏥 Animal hospital stayed open after vet death
🏥 NJ widow had 2 men pose as vets
🏥 Convict avoids prison
A Montclair widow appears to have dodged prison time, after keeping the Totowa Animal Hospital open with fake veterinarians until a pet’s death during surgery.
Alia Muslih and two New York men accused of posing as phony vets for roughly six months in 2021 had faced dozens of charges after their initial arrests.
This week in Superior Court in Passaic County, the 43-year-old Muslih pleaded guilty to third-degree charges of impersonation, healthcare claims fraud, failure to file and pay tax and animal cruelty.
After tragic death, NJ woman had duo dupe vet clients
Muslih’s husband, Adel Hamdan, was a popular, licensed veterinarian. The 73-year-old man died in December 2020 of COVID-19, as previously reported by NorthJersey.com…