Doctor billed Medicare $45M for ghost Botox shots while sunbathing in Cabo, bought $12K antique crossbow and Cybertruck with fraud cash — now she's headed to prison

A California doc who bilked Medicare retired of much than $45 cardinal by submitting claims for thousands of Botox injections she ne'er administered volition walk implicit a decennary down bars.

Federal prosecutors accidental Dr. Violetta Mailyan, 45, went connected buying sprees that included purchasing a Tesla Cybertruck, multimillion-dollar existent estate, a $12,000 antique crossbow and a $3,000 coating utilizing wealth she collected from the Botox Medicare scam. In total, Mailyan "fraudulently" billed Medicare much than $45 cardinal "for Botox injection services that were medically unnecessary and ne'er provided," according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Mailyan learned her destiny Thursday erstwhile a national justice sentenced her to 15 years successful situation aft she was convicted of 9 counts of ligament fraud and 3 counts of obstruction of a transgression probe of a healthcare discourtesy pursuing a six-day assemblage proceedings successful May 2026.

The assemblage recovered that Mailyan utilized the fraud proceeds to acquisition astatine slightest 2 Tesla vehicles, including the Cybertruck, and 5 pieces of California existent estate. She besides spent her stolen wealth connected luxury goods, including a $12,000 17th period crossbow and an 1807 oil-on-canvas coating by Joseph Anton Muxel titled "Portrait of Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria."

The Glendale physician's cognition was truthful brazen that she kept billing for procedures portion traveling, adjacent claiming to dainty California patients portion she was acold away.

"Mailyan billed for thousands of injections, representing implicit $19 million, purportedly provided connected days erstwhile her session was closed," the U.S. Justice Department says successful a press release announcing Mailyan's sentence. "Mailyan besides billed for providing Botox injections erstwhile she was really connected abrogation successful Mexico, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, and New York astatine assorted times passim her fraud scheme. For example, Mailyan billed implicit $200,000 for purportedly providing Botox services to patients successful California erstwhile she was really relaxing connected the formation successful Cabo."

The claims flowed done Healthy Way Medical Center, the session Mailyan owned and operated successful Glendale, according to prosecutors. Although the concern advertised quality and cosmetic services, the aesculapian procedures appearing connected its Medicare bills often existed lone connected paper, per the DOJ.

"Defendant Mailyan caused Healthy Way to taxable mendacious and fraudulent claims to Medicare for Botox injections … listing suspect Mailyan arsenic the rendering supplier wherever the Botox injections were medically unnecessary and/or ne'er provided," Mailyan's indictment said. "These claims included claims for instances connected which suspect Mailyan had purportedly provided Botox injections astatine Healthy Way to beneficiaries who were successful information traveling extracurricular the United States connected the purported dates of service; connected dates erstwhile suspect Mailyan was successful information traveling extracurricular the United States; connected dates erstwhile suspect Mailyan was successful information traveling extracurricular California; to a beneficiary who was successful information successful the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons connected the purported dates of service; connected dates erstwhile Healthy Way was successful information closed; and connected dates earlier the beneficiary archetypal contacted Healthy Way astir receiving Botox injections from defendant Mailyan."

An probe by the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General uncovered thousands of claims for injections that were ne'er administered. Prosecutors said Mailyan sidestepped Medicare's rules governing sum of Botox and manufactured aesculapian documentation to enactment the payments.

When investigators began examining the operation, she doctored records and forged Medicare beneficiaries' signatures to marque the claims look legitimate. One signature belonged to a antheral who was incarcerated successful national situation during the play Mailyan claimed helium had received treatment.

Jurors recovered that overmuch of Mailyan's wealthiness came from the fraud, clearing the mode for the authorities to prehend assets that included the Cybertruck, 4 properties successful Surfside and Glendale worthy much than $7 cardinal combined, and important holdings successful slope and brokerage accounts.

The tribunal ordered Mailyan to surrender much than $16 cardinal successful seized property, including existent estate, idiosyncratic possessions and securities. She indispensable besides repay Medicare $32 million.