“Violetta Mailyan falsely diagnosed patients, fraudulently billed Medicare for Botox injections while she was actually on lavish vacations, and tried to trick federal agents with fake records” – DOJ

Violetta Mailyan, 45, has been convicted of $45M Medicare fraud schemes

Dr Mailyan was found guilty late Monday in Los Angeles federal court of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation of health care offenses

Mailyan used the Medicare payments to fund many of the vacations she took and purchase luxury collectibles such as a $12,000 17th century crossbow and a $3,000 painting

Jury determined several of her assets were proceeds of the fraud scheme and, therefore, subject to forfeiture

Items forfeited include a Tesla Cybertruck, four properties worth over $7 million, over $250,000 in bank accounts and brokerage accounts valued at $7 million

She faces almost 200 years in prison at sentencing, scheduled for September

Dr Violetta Mailyan, 45, was found guilty late Monday in Los Angeles federal court of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation of health care offenses

A female doctor in Glendale, California was convicted Monday on federal charges of submitting more than $45 million in bogus claims to Medicare for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provided, and for using falsified documents to attempt to obstruct an investigation, officials announced today.  
Violetta Mailyan, 45, was found guilty late Monday 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.
Operating out of her clinic, Healthy Way Medical Center in Glendale, Mailyan was accused of billing Medicare for Botox injections.
“Violetta Mailyan falsely diagnosed patients, fraudulently billed Medicare for Botox injections while she was actually on lavish vacations, and tried to trick federal agents with fake records,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division.
“The Fraud Division’s data-driven approach shines a light on fraud schemes across the country, ensuring that no doctor can engage in these brazen schemes to steal taxpayer dollars.”

Operating out of her clinic, Healthy Way Medical Center in Glendale, Mailyan was accused of billing Medicare for Botox injections

Sometime last year federal officials observed the skewered billing coming from the doctor’s office. She had collected more in Medicare Botox reimbursements than any other provider in the nation.
Records show that in a four-year period beginning in 2020, Dr. Violetta Mailyan billed more than $25 million for Botox injections through Medicare payments
Her billing was more than five times the average for other doctors in the same time frame, the Justice Department said.
Prosecutors said it was all part of an elaborate fraud scheme that ignored Medicare’s rules for Botox coverage, brazenly fabricating medical records, to fund the doctor’s lavish lifestyle.
Mailyan appeared in federal court on Monday, accused of submitting more than $45 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for Botox injections and attempting to mislead investigators working on the case.
Prosecutors said she submitted claims for injections “that were never provided and medically unnecessary” from 2019 through 2025, working as the primary physician, owner and operator of Healthy Way Medical Center in Glendale.
They 45-yearold physician was convicted as charged, on nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of a criminal investigation of a health care offense.

Tesla Cybertruck seized from Dr. Violetta Mailyan, part of the loot from the “largest Botox fraud scheme in the United States”

Medicare reimburses providers for Botox injections only in specific circumstances, such as for chronic migraines or excessive muscle contractions, and it must be considered medically necessary and typically only after other interventions haven’t worked, according to court records from the case.
Instead, prosecutors said, “Mailyan billed and received payments for thousands of injections that were never provided or were provided only for cosmetic purposes.”
Mailyan also billed for injections performed while she was out of town, including times she was on vacation in in Mexico, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, New York, and on days her clinic was closed, the DOJ release said.
In one case, she was also accused of billing for a Medicare patient who was currently incarcerated in federal prison.
Patrick Grandy, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, called the case the “largest Botox fraud scheme in the United States.”
Investigators found that Mailyan used the Medicare payments to fund many of the vacations she took and purchase luxury collectibles such as a $12,000 17th century crossbow and a $3,000 painting.
The jury that convicted Mailyan also determined that several of her assets were proceeds of the fraud scheme and, therefore, subject to forfeiture, including a Tesla Cybertruck, four properties in Surfside and Glendale worth more than $7 million total, more than $250,000 in multiple bank accounts and brokerage accounts valued at $7 million, the release said.
She faces sentencing in September, with a maximum penalty of almost 200 years in prison — up to 20 years for each count of wire fraud and 5 years for each count of obstruction..