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A woman accused of posing as a licensed doctor and performing unauthorized cosmetic procedures was apprehended during an undercover police operation.
On February 19, authorities arrested 31-year-old Mayling Maya-Giraldo at her Miami-based studio. The arrest occurred after undercover officers scheduled and paid for a Botox treatment with her.
Court records, reviewed by Oxygen, indicate Maya-Giraldo faces charges of practicing healthcare without a license. Additionally, she is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver, as well as falsifying a professional license.
Maya-Giraldo has entered a not guilty plea, according to the court documents obtained by Oxygen.
Maya-Giraldo allegedly ran two Instagram accounts (mayling.stetic and Dra.Mayling.Setetic) per an arrest affidavit obtained by Oxygen, where she used the title “Doctor” in her bio and posted videos of herself performing procedures such as, Botox injections, lip fillers and Endolift laser treatments.
According to the affidavit, the operation unfolded when investigators set up a Botox session through Instagram on February 19. Maya-Giraldo reportedly requested a photo of the “patient,” who was actually a medical quality assurance investigator from the Florida Department of Health. She allegedly advised the investigator that Botox was needed to “eliminate your wrinkles and expression lines.”
Maya-Giraldo allegedly set a price of $450 for the procedure, which she communicated over Instagram.
The investigator and an undercover detective arrived for the appointment, according to the affidavit, and Maya-Giraldo collected the fee. Maya-Giraldo then wiped off the investigator’s makeup and rubbed lidocaine cream on her face, before filling a vial with a product.
At that point, an unspecified “take-down signal” was given, read the affidavit, and Maya-Giraldo was arrested by detectives with the Medical Crime Squad.
When asked, Maya-Giraldo allegedly told investigators that she did not have a license to practice medicine anywhere in the United States, according to the affidavit, but she had “certifications” to inject Botox.
Maya-Giraldo was not only unlicensed, read the affidavit, when investigators took a closer look at the product she had planned to inject, they determined it was Toxta, a “foreign and unapproved” product from South Korea that requires a prescription and cannot be dispensed in the United States.
Maya-Giraldo was transported her to the Miami-Dade County Jail. Her arraignment date, per court records, is scheduled for April 20.
An attorney for Maya-Giraldo and a spokesperson from the Florida Department of Health did not immediately return a request for comment from Oxygen.