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Doctor sentenced to 15 years for $45 million fake-Botox Medicare fraud — Glendale, California — October 29

California doctor Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Glendale, was sentenced on October 29, 2026, to 15 years in federal prison for a Medicare fraud the sentencing judge called 'truly breathtaking in scope and shocking in its duration.' Mailyan owned Healthy Way Medical Center, a Glendale clinic that billed Medicare more than $45 million for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provided at all. The evidence showed she billed for thousands of injections — more than $19 million worth — supposedly given on days her clinic was closed, and billed over $200,000 for treatments in California on a day she was on the beach in Cabo, Mexico. When investigators closed in, she falsified medical records and forged beneficiary signatures, including for a man who was in federal prison at the time she claimed to have treated him. A jury convicted her in May 2026 of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction. The court ordered the immediate forfeiture of more than $16 million in seized property — the jury found she had bought two Tesla vehicles, including a Cybertruck, and five pieces of California real estate with the proceeds — and restitution of $32,904,049.41 to Medicare. HHS-OIG and the FBI investigated the case. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.

Date

October 29, 2026

Location

Healthy Way Medical Center, Glendale, California; sentenced in U.S. District Court, Los Angeles

Victims

The Medicare programme — more than $45 million billed for injections never provided or not medically necessary; restitution of $32,904,049.41 ordered

Suspect

Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Glendale, California

Stage

SENTENCING

Last updated: Oct 31, 2026, 4:56 AM ET

Evidence

Next expected update: Collection of the $32.9 million restitution and the $16 million+ forfeiture; any appeal