The owner of a Beverly Hills beauty salon is facing up to 10 years in jail after agreeing to plead guilty to making up to $1 million (£630,000) worth of fraudulent charges to the credit cards of celebrity clients.
Maria Gabriela Hashemipour, 51, agreed to plead guilty to one count of access device fraud as part of a deal in which federal prosecutors will drop 40 other counts.
Two of actress Liv Tyler’s credit cards had about $214,000 (£134,000) in fraudulent charges from the beauty salon over a five-month period last year, according to an affidavit filed in the case.
Prosecutors declined to release names of other victims but, according to the New York Post, thousands of dollars in charges were also made to actresses Anne Hathaway, Melanie Griffith, Penelope Cruz and Cher.
Hashemipour may also face a fine of up to $250,000 (£156,000) and must pay full restitution to her clients.
She could also be deported. The indictment filed against her said she was born in Mexico, not in Spain as she had claimed, and she had fraudulently obtained a US passport.