French execs accused of breast implant swindle

Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran implant-maker Poly Implant Prothese, arrives with his lawyer, Yves Haddad, left, at the Parc Chanot temporary courthouse in Marseille, southern France, for the opening of his trial, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Hundreds of women who received faulty breast implants are gathering in the south of France to witness the fraud trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill tens of thousands of implants around the world. The now-defunct company exported to more than 60 countries and was one of the world's leading implant makers.(AP Photo/Claude Paris)MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The computer records were scrubbed, inspectors said there was no mention of industrial silicone in quality-control documents, and an employee at the factory in southern France said they were instructed not to ask too many questions about the breast implants sold worldwide.