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Multiple customers and employees told investigators that Fadanelli also said she was a registered nurse, which was a falsehood. She is registered as an esthetician, but estheticians are not allowed to inject or administer prescription drugs.
Investigators set up an undercover operation, and after agents came in for advice, Fadanelli offered a quote for a $450 Botox treatment. Investigators also obtained videos and images of Fadanelli administering the injection. And evidence shows those shots are counterfeit, prosecutors argue. According to the spa’s sales records, Fadanelli performed 1,631 Botox injections, 95 Sculptra injections and 990 unspecified filler injections, totaling more than $933,000. However, the sales records of brand-name drug manufacturers did not show that Fadanelli or any of the spa’s employees had ever purchased the official version of the drug.
Despite mounting evidence against her, Fadanelli reportedly stuck to her story, saying she had never told anyone she was a nurse and denying ever giving injections. are. “When representatives asked Ms. Fadanelli whether she would retract or amend her claims if she learned that there was evidence that she was in fact administering such products, she responded that the injections were I repeated that I had not done so.”
Ars has reached out to Fadanelli’s Spa for comment and will update this article if we receive a response. Patients who allegedly received the fake injections complained of swelling, tingling and unsightly appearance, but no infections or other adverse health effects, according to the affidavit.
in Press release announcing her arrest“For years, Mr. Fadanelli put unsuspecting patients at risk by presenting himself as a nurse and administering thousands of illegal counterfeit injections,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy in Massachusetts. “It has been done,” he said. …The type of deception alleged here is illegal, reckless, and potentially life-threatening. ”
For illegal importation, Fadanelli could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Two counts of knowingly selling or dispensing a counterfeit drug or device each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
