Tax Charges Against Heart Patient Dropped
Associated Press
STOCKHOLM —
A prosecutor said today that the government will drop tax fraud charges against Sweden’s first artificial heart recipient.
Leif Stenberg, 53, the fourth person in the world to receive a permanent artificial heart, was charged with tax fraud seven years ago. He received the implant April 7 and is reported making steady progress.
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