Maria Gabriela "Gabby" Hashemipour, a Beverly Hills beauty salon owner and Aniko Kaye's good buddy, was sentenced today to five years probation, including nine months in house arrest, for fraudulent charging the credit cards of clients Liv Tyler, Jennifer Aniston, Cher amongst other stars. Hashemipour who changed her name from Maria Perez folowing her arrest in the case, is the owner of Chez Gabriela and ran up more than $300,000 in fraudulent charges.
Hashemipour, 51, pleaded guilty in January in Los Angeles federal court to one count of access device fraud following a Facebook campaign proclaiming her innocence.
"I'm extremely sorry for what I have done," Hashemipour told U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real before her sentence was imposed.
Although prosecutors had asked for 2 1/2 years in prison, the judge sentenced her to probation due to the purported state of her health and to allow her to continue working to repay those she stole from.
In addition to probation and house arrest, Hashemipour was ordered to complete 3,000 hours of community service. A hearing was set for Oct. 17 to determine how much restitution Hashemipour must pay.
Hashemipour was arrested last August at Chez Gabriela Studio by special agents with the U.S. Secret Service.
According to documents Liv Tyler had $214,655 in unauthorized charges placed on her American Express card by Hashemipour during 2009. After realizing the theft, Tyler sent an email to jewelry designer Loree Rodkin, a fellow victim to the tune of $68,000, telling her that Hashemipour "stole a lot of money from me," the memorandum states. Tyler wrote that the rip-off was "completely bonkers" and "very shocking and sad to me since I had been seeing her since I was 18."
Most of the charges were made from Chez Gabriela Studio when the numbers from the credit card were both "skimmed" electronically and entered manually.
Other celebrities stated that in addition to charges for actual services at the studio, unauthorized charges from the studio would appear on their credit cards.
Other victims of the scheme include Anne Hathaway, Melanie Griffith, Penelope Cruz and actor Scott Speedman.
This is not Hashemipour's first dance with the law. She has also been arrested for shoplifting and bad-check writing. She also has seven judgments and liens against her and her property.
Hashemipour has also been providing aid and comfort to Aniko's illegal ways. As previously written in this blog, Aniko has been hiding her beloved Mercedes from the bankruptcy trustee and committed one of many instances of bankruptcy fraud when testifying under oath that the car has been signed over to her friend Eric Guefen. In actuality, she has been hiding the car at Hashemipour's home and Maria has been seen driving the car all over town. Photographic evidence has the car parked at Gabby's La Peer Drive address for several weeks at a time.
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