LOS ANGELES – The former chief of the cadaver program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who sold donated body parts to medical, drug and research companies, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit grand theft.
Henry Reid, 58, made as much as $1 million selling hundreds of parts of donated bodies from 1999 to 2004 to Ernest Nelson. Nelson, who also faces the same counts as Reid, said he thought he was acting under the university’s authorization. He resold the body parts to more than 20 medical, drug and research companies.
Under Reid’s plea agreement, he could be sentenced to four years and four months in state prison. Additionally, he has agreed to repay $100,000 to $1 million to the UCLA Willed Body Program, where he was formerly employed.
Nelson has pleaded not guilty to the charges. In addition to conspiracy to commit grand theft, each man was indicted on one count of grand theft and grand theft of personal property. Because of his plea deal, Reid will be dismissed of the remaining counts on Jan. 30.
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