Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Glendale, owned and operated Healthy Way Medical Center
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- Violetta Mailyan, of Glendale, has been convicted in $45 million fraud scheme of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of a criminal investigation of a health care offense
- Evidence in court showed the 45-year-old billed for Botox treatments while on vacations and for patients who never received or needed them
- Mailyan used funds she obtained through the scheme to pay for vacations in Mexico and Hawaii and to buy a $12,000 17th century crossbow, the U.S. Department of Justice said
A Californian doctor has convicted in a $45 million fraud scheme after submitting claims for Botox injections that were never provided and were medically unnecessary.
Violetta Mailyan, of Glendale, was found guilty by a jury in the Central District of California on Monday, May 18. She was convicted of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of a criminal investigation of a health care offense, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.
The 45-year-old owned and operated Healthy Way Medical Center, a clinic that purported to provide beauty and cosmetic services, according to court documents and evidence presented at trial, per the release…