A jury in California found Violetta Mailyan, 45, guilty of a $45 million fraud scheme involving false Medicare claims for Botox injections that were never administered or medically unjustified. Mailyan, who owned Healthy Way Medical Centre in Glendale, billed for thousands of injections while on vacation in Cabo, Mexico, Maui, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, and New York, and even for services allegedly provided while her clinic was closed. She also submitted claims for a patient who was incarcerated in federal prison at the time. Medicare covers Botox only for documented chronic migraines, but prosecutors showed Mailyan billed for cosmetic treatments and patients not referred by primary care physicians. Evidence revealed she backdated claims and fabricated medical records, including consent forms, to make it appear patients required migraine treatment. After receiving a grand jury subpoena, she altered records before handing them to federal agents. Mailyan used the illicit funds to finance luxury vacations and purchase high-value items, including a $12,000 17th-century crossbow and a $3,000 painting. The jury also determined that a Tesla Model X, a Tesla Cybertruck, $251,124 in bank accounts, brokerage accounts worth $7,312,037, and four properties in Surfside and Glendale, valued at $7,343,636, were proceeds of the fraud and subject to forfeiture. Convicted on nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of a criminal investigation, Mailyan faces up to 20 years per wire fraud count and five years per obstruction count. Sentencing is scheduled for September 10, 2026.
Violetta Mailyan claimed to treat chronic migraines while billing Medicare for injections she never gave, even as she vacationed abroad. She stands to lose millions in assets purchased with defrauded funds, including Teslas and California real estate. Her conviction reveals how medical facilities can exploit public health billing systems with falsified records. The forfeiture of her luxury purchases signals that illicit gains may not remain beyond reach.
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