— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts
by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today
May 21, 2026
• 2 min read
Violetta Mailyan, DO, of California, was convicted for her role in a $45 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for Botox injections that were never provided or that patients didn't need. Federal prosecutors said Mailyan used the money to buy a 17th-century crossbow, an expensive painting, and a Cybertruck, among other items.
