Glamorous Botox doctor, 45, scammed $45m in Medicare payments and splurged some of the cash on antique CROSSBOW

Published: 23:54, 19 May 2026 | Updated: 23:55, 19 May 2026 A glamorous Los Angeles-area Botox doctor has been convicted of submitting more than $45 million in fraudulent Medicare claims. Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Glendale, was convicted on nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of a criminal investigation of a health care offense for her scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare for Botox injections she never gave, according to Fox News.  Prosecutors claimed in their indictment last year that Mailyan billed for the medically unnecessary injections at her office, Healthy Way Medical Center, from January 2019 through August 2025 before the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Health Care Fraud Section's Data Analytics Team caught on. The DOJ discovered that Mailyan had been paid more by Medicare for Botox injections than any other doctor in the entire United States. In total, the team found, Mailyan was paid more than $24 million from the federal program over the course of four years - six times the amount received by the next highest group of doctors, all of whom were neurologists. She then used those funds to take lavish vacations and purchase luxury collectibles - including a $3,000 painting of Ludwig I, crown prince of Bavaria, and $12,000 for a 17th-century crossbow. '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,' he added.  Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Glendale, was convicted on nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of a criminal investigation of a health care offense She allegedly used Medicare payments she received for fraudulent claims to buy a $12,000 17th-century crossbow (pictured) Medicare typically only reimburses medical providers for Botox injections when they are deemed necessary to treat documented cases of chronic migraines or for muscle issues after a patient had tried all other treatments. But Mailyan billed the federal program for Botox injections that were administered solely for cosmetic reasons or given to patients whose primary care doctors had not referred them for the treatment. On social media, she even described herself as a 'BOTOX FILLER NONSURGICAL NOSE COSMETIC DOCTOR.' Meanwhile, prosecutors said, Mailyan billed Medicare for injections that were administered while she was traveling to Cabo, Mexico; Maui, Hawaii; Las Vegas, Nevada; Pennsylvania and New York. Some of the injections she billed the federal program for were also listed as having taken place on dates when Healthy Way was not even open, when the patients listed as receiving the treatment were on vacation. In one case, prosecutors said, Mailyan even claimed she treated a patient who was incarcerated in federal prison at the time.  For these injections, Medicare had paid Mailyan nearly $32.9 million.  She described herself online as a 'BOTOX FILLER NONSURGICAL NOSE COSMETIC DOCTOR' even as she billed Medicare for more than $45 million Prosecutors said Mailyan billed Medicare for injections that were administered while she was traveling to Cabo, Mexico; Maui, Hawaii; Las Vegas, Nevada; Pennsylvania and New York When Mailyan later learned that federal prosecutors were on to her scheme, she was also said to have falsified patient medical records - including patient consent forms - to make it appear as if the patients had received migraine treatments in her office. She went as far as backdating some of the claims to bill for injections before the patients listed as having received the treatment had even contacted Healthy Way to set up an appointment, prosecutors had claimed. Mailyan now faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the nine counts of wire fraud and five years in prison for each of the three obstruction charges  Prosecutors had also sought the forfeiture of her property, funds, a Tesla Model X and a Tesla Cybertruck in the indictment. A sentencing date has not yet been set. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. 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