A Florida fraudster allegedly posed as a health care provider and administered Botox injections out of her shady yard “med spa” shed – leaving one affected person who paid greater than $300 with facial paralysis.
Rosa Mena, 50, was busted Wednesday after the numb-faced sufferer reported the botched process to police, who uncovered a stockpile of Botox, syringes, and different medical provides from the unlicensed makeshift clinic behind the Coosa Drive residence, in keeping with the Port St. Lucie Police Division.
“We need to remind the general public to analysis the ability and particular person previous to performing procedures,” cops stated in a Fb put up that included photos of the illicit shack.
“Moreover, with a purpose to carry out injectable procedures like Botox it must be carried out by a licensed skilled. Your security is our precedence!”
Police stated the scorned shopper visited the alleged scammer’s rogue therapy hut in Might and paid $325 for the defective injection that left her face paralyzed.
The alarmed girl later confronted the bogus medic, who refunded the cost and persuaded her to return for one more process, throughout which Mena injected nutritional vitamins into the sufferer’s face in an try and “reverse” the harm.
When problems continued, the suspicious sufferer demanded the imposter’s medical license, one thing she didn’t have. As an alternative, Mena claimed she was previously a health care provider within the Dominican Republic and offered an altered – and expired – phlebotomy certificates, cops stated.
The multi-agency investigation later seized medical beds, medicines, vials, needles, fats sculpting machines, PRP injections, micro-needling and laser hair elimination gear, laser lipo machines, therapeutic massage and facial gadgets, and injectables for fillers and Botox.
Mena was hit with three counts of aggravated battery, three counts of training medication with out an lively license, two counts of fraud, and use of a two-way communication gadget to facilitate a felony.
She is being held at St. Lucie County Jail on $95,000 bond.
