Botox Doctor Accused Of Billing Medicare For $45M Worth Of Injections: DOJ

LOS ANGELES, CA — A Glendale doctor is facing federal charges claiming she billed Medicare for $45 million in botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provided and for submitting falsified medical records to authorities during their investigation, according to prosectors.

Dr. Violetta Mailyan, 45, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstructing a criminal investigation of health care offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Mailyan was previously indicted on the wire fraud counts. Wednesday's superseding indictment claims she obstructed the investigation by submitting falsified medical records in response to the grand jury's subpoena.

Mailyan is the owner of Healthy Way Medical Center in Glendale, prosecutors say. The office's Yelp listing describes Mailyan as specializing in cosmetic procedures.

From 2019 to 2025, Mailyan is accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for $45.12 million in botox injections, of which $32.9 million was paid to her office, according to court documents obtained by Patch.

Medicare covers botox for some medical issues, such as excessive muscular contractions and chronic migraines. It does not cover cosmetic injections for wrinkles, prosecutors said.

Prosectors claim Mailyan fabricated medical records to show that patients suffered from chronic migraines when they, in fact, did not.

Additionally, prosectors accused Mailyan of submitting claims for patients who were outside of the U.S. on the purported date of treatment, on dates when she was out of the country, on dates her office was closed and on dates before patients first contacted her office about botox injections.

In one case, she submitted one or more claims for a person who was in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, prosecutors claim.

As part of the case, federal authorities filed their intent to seize Mailyan's assets if she is convicted, including a Tesla Model X and Cybertruck, four properties in Glendale, one in the Orange County beach community of Surfside and one in Pasadena.

If convicted as charged, Mailyan faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each wire fraud count and five years in prison for each obstruction count, prosecutors said.