Last Monday, a 35-year-old woman from Russia was arrested and taken into police custody in Lyon, the prosecutor’s office said, confirming information fromNews 17. She is suspected of having illegally run a cosmetic surgery practice to, among other things, perform botox injections.
This woman, who posed as a doctor, practiced in several towns in French territory, in Switzerland and in Belgium. “She advertised on social networks and made appointments in apartments rented to individuals,” detailed the prosecution. She offered botox or hyaluronic botulinum acid injections, billed several hundred euros depending on the services performed. »
A report from the Physicians Council
The investigation began last May, after a report from the National Council of the Order of Physicians which had alerted the police denouncing facts of “concealed work, laundering of work concealed by concealment of activity, illegal practice of medicine” . “The surveillance system, put in place on the weekend of September 16 and 17, made it possible to confirm the clandestine activity of this firm and to identify several clients,” said the prosecution.
During a search of the Lyon apartment, investigators discovered new and used medical equipment as well as several injectable ampoules of botulinic or hyaluronic acid and 7,260 euros in cash. The clients interviewed declared having used the suspect’s service on several occasions for sums of between 100 and 500 euros per service, according to the prosecution.
The suspect admitted the entire facts during her custody, estimating her profit at “a few thousand euros since the end of 2022”. She also explained that the products were imported from abroad. His trial will take place on May 17, 2024, said the Lyon public prosecutor.