Glendale Doctor Convicted in $45 Million Botox Fraud Scheme
A Glendale doctor has been convicted of federal charges for billing Medicare more than $45 million in false claims for Botox injections and for obstructing the investigation by manipulating and altering medical records in an attempt to mislead criminal investigators, officials announced.
Violetta Mailyan, 45, who operated Healthy Way Medical Center, was found guilty in Los Angeles federal court of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation of health care offenses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Glendale physician was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2025. Prosecutors said she allegedly submitted fraudulent Medicare claims for Botox injections between 2019 and 2025 that were either medically unnecessary or never provided, including dates when the clinic was closed or the defendant was traveling internationally and on dates when patients who supposedly received the services were traveling or in prison.
Mailyan faces up to 20 years in prison on each wire fraud count and five years in prison on each obstruction count, prosecutors said.
A sentencing date has not been scheduled.