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Los Angeles Doctor Indicted in Alleged $45 Million Medicare Botox Scheme

The prosecution reflects a Fraud Section effort within a long-running crackdown on Medicare billing fraud.

Overview

  • A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Dr. Violetta Mailyan with nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation.
  • Prosecutors allege more than $45 million in false Medicare claims for Botox, including billing on dates when she or beneficiaries were abroad, when a beneficiary was in federal prison, or when the clinic was closed.
  • The indictment alleges falsified medical records were submitted in response to a grand jury subpoena.
  • Mailyan, 45, owned and operated Healthy Way Medical Center in Glendale, according to court documents.
  • FBI and HHS-OIG are investigating, the DOJ Criminal Division’s Fraud Section is prosecuting, and if convicted she faces up to 20 years per wire fraud count and five years per obstruction count.