Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Woman allegedly took money for implants NORRKOPING, Sweden, April 29 (UPI) -- A Swedish woman is facing forgery and fraud charges for borrowing $62,000 in her best friend's name and using it to travel to Thailand for breast implants. Advertisement The indictment against the Norrkoping woman says she tricked her friend into revealing her bank information with a story claiming she needed to deposit money and hide it from enforcement agencies, Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. However, the woman instead used the bank information to borrow $62,000 in her friend's name and used the money for private debts, several trips to Thailand and breast augmentation surgery while in the country. The woman also allegedly changed her friend's address with her bank and defrauded her of another $10,000 by using the other woman's credit cards. The suspect told authorities she planned to pay the money back at some point in the future. Advertisement Census: Foreign language speakers doubled WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. Census Bureau report indicates 20 percent of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The report, which analyzes data collected between 1980 and 2007, found the number of residents speaking a language other than English at home more than doubled during the past three decades, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. The census said the number of Spanish speakers in the United States increased by 211 percent, or 23.4 million. The report also said Chicago, once home to the largest population of foreign language speakers, has been overtaken in the category by New York and Los Angeles. Health card canceled due to name confusion TORONTO, April 29 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman said her Ontario health card has been repeatedly canceled due to a mix-up with another woman who has a similar name. Teresa Lawrence of Toronto said the problems began in October when her card was canceled and she was told it was because the old style cards were being phased out, the Toronto Star reported Thursday. However, she said the new card was canceled and a representative with ServiceOntario, the arm of the government services ministry that delivers the cards, told her it was because a woman with a similar name, Theresa Lawrence, had moved to Ontario and been given the same health card number. Advertisement Lawrence said the situation repeated itself three times, and Friday she received a new card in the mail bearing the other woman's name, picture and signature. "They're making mistakes over and over again," she said. ServiceOntario spokesman Alan Cairns said "a human error has resulted in an inadvertent disclosure of information." "We will be contacting the client directly and a corrected health card will be delivered in the very near future," he said. Bulldozer punches hole in wrong house DENTON, Texas, April 29 (UPI) -- A Texas woman said a demolition crew went to the wrong side of the street and punched a hole in her house with a bulldozer. Francis Howard, 69, said she was staying with her son in Frisco, Texas, Wednesday when the bulldozer tore a hole in the front of her house at 724 Ruddell in Denton, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported Thursday. Howard said a woman was digging irises in flower beds at the house and was able to stop the crews before they continued tearing it down. City records state the house across the street, 721 Ruddell, was scheduled for demolition Wednesday. "I just want this house put back together," Howard said. "I think I need a lawyer." Advertisement Denton's Construction and Advisory Appeals Board ordered the house at 721 Ruddell to be repaired or demolished in January, city records show. The records state Jeremy Jaruis paid a $130 fee Monday and applied for a permit to demolish all the structures at the address. Howard's house was appraised at $24,116 in 2009 by the Denton Central Appraisal District.
