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announcement Doctor Indicted for Orchestrating $45M Botox Fraud Scheme Targeting Medicare Thursday, December 18, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A federal grand jury in California returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging a doctor for allegedly submitting more than $45 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for Botox injections and for obstructing a criminal investigation by allegedly submitting falsified medical records in response to a grand jury subpoena.court filings state, Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Los Angeles County, owned and operated Healthy Way Medical
Center (Healthy Way), which allegedly billed Medicare for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary and never provided, including for injections on dates when Mailyan was traveling internationally, on dates when the Medicare beneficiary who supposedly received the services was traveling internationally, on dates when the Medicare beneficiary who supposedly received the services was in federal prison, and on dates when Healthy Way was closed.Mailyan has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation of health care offenses. If convicted, she carries a maximum potential
penalty of 20 years in prison on each wire fraud count and five years in prison on each obstruction count.Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, are taking steps to hold providers accountable for their involvement in health care fraud schemes. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG); and Assistant Director in Charge Akil Davis of FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office made the announcement.FBI and HHS-OIG are investigating the case.Trial Attorney Sandor Callahan of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section