Police: Homeowner ducked the law
By Norman Miller/ Daily News Staff
Friday, August 4, 2006 - Updated: 02:14 AM EST

FRAMINGHAM -- A Framingham woman who is accused of hosting and recruiting patients for a Brazilian couple who authorities say performed a deadly liposuction in her basement Sunday was nearly bailed out Wednesday, according to a police source.
Family and friends had raised the $25,000 bail to free Ana Celia Pena Sielemann from MCI-Framingham, the source said, but decided against paying the money after they found out the federal Immigration Customs Enforcement agency had taken out an immigration detainer against her.
That means if the bail was paid, Sielemann would be released from county and state custody but immediately taken into federal custody, the source said.
ICE spokeswoman Paula Grenier confirmed yesterday the agency has taken out detainers not only for Sielemann, but for Luiz Carlos Ribeiro and his wife, Ana Maria Miranda Ribeiro, 49, who are also being held after the death Sunday.
Also, Grenier said, Sielemann has been wanted on a final order of deportation since 2001.
Sielemann was arrested Tuesday, the day after the Ribeiros were arrested. She was charged with the distribution of rohypnol, which in Latin America and Europe is used for insomnia and pre-anesthesia medication but is not legal in the United States, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Web site. She is also charged with distribution of clonazepam, which is most commonly used to control seizures or relieve anxiety.
Authorities claim she was giving the drugs to women having surgery performed by Ribeiro as an anesthetic.
Sielemann allowed the Ribeiros to use her condo at 201 Bishop Drive to perform unlicensed plastic surgeries, authorities say. They say she was paid by the couple for the use of her basement and actively recruited patients.
On Sunday, Fabiola B. DePaula, 24, of Framingham, died after she underwent a liposuction procedure in Sielemann’s apartment.
The Ribeiros were arrested Monday. Both faced several drug charges, while Luiz Ribeiro was charged with the unlicensed practice of medicine.
Authorities say the Ribeiros have been coming to the country for three years to perform illegal plastic surgeries. Prosecutor Lee Hettinger said Sielemann had allowed the Ribeiros to use her basement for a price.
No one has been charged with DePaula’s death. Authorities said additional charges could be brought, pending the results of an autopsy. The Middlesex district attorney’s office said toxicology tests have not been completed.
Both Ribeiros are being held on bail. Ana Maria is being held at MCI-Framingham, along with Sielemann, on $50,000 bail, while Luiz Ribeiro is being held at the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge on $250,000 bail.
(Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or at nmiller@cnc.com.)



THEY ALL DUCK THE LAW!!! HELLO???