Mayling Maya-Giraldo pretended to be a doctor who could perform cosmetic procedures, according to Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies.
Maya-Giraldo, 31, was known on Instagram as “Dra.Mayling.Stetic” and “Mayling.Stetic,” according to M-DSO organized crime officers.
According to the bureau’s medical crimes squad deputies, Maya-Giraldo advertised a Valentine’s Day offer for Botox to smooth wrinkles on the face.
Maya-Giraldo wrote, “Unique price: $450,” according to the deputy’s arrest report.
According to deputies, undercover investigators utilized Instagram to set an appointment with Maya-Giraldo for 3 p.m. on Thursday at 175 SW 7 St. in Miami’s Brickell district.
When investigators entered Maya-Giraldo’s 15th-floor office and detained her, a Florida Department of Health medical quality assurance investigator claimed to be the patient, according to records.
“Upon further inspection of the vial that [Maya-Giraldo] was going to use on [the undercover investigator], it was discovered that the product was Toxta,” the detective wrote, according to the report. “Toxta requires a prescription for it to be dispensed, and it is a foreign and unapproved product from South Korea and cannot be dispensed in the United States.”
Records reveal that the tip was made by a Homeland Security Investigations special agent, prompting M-DSO deputies and FDOH investigators to respond.
Late last year, the United States Food and Drug Administration said that it would issue more than a dozen warning letters to owners of websites “illegally marketing unapproved and misbranded products” following adverse occurrences that included botulism symptoms.
“Unapproved and misbranded Botox products carry serious health risks,” Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA commissioner, said in the statement. “Patients should ensure they only receive these products from a provider who is licensed and trained to administer such injections” and “only receive these injections if the product is obtained from an authorized source.”
Deputies detained Maya-Giraldo, who was born in Colombia and now lives in Downtown Miami, shortly after 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, according to the arrest record.
Corrections booked Maya-Giraldo just after 6:35 p.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.
Prosecutors charged Maya-Giraldo with three counts: practicing a health care profession without a license, possessing a substance with the intent to sell, and practicing medicine without a license.
Maya-Giraldo appeared in bond court Friday morning. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer set her bond at $5,000.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has put a hold on Maya-Giraldo’s release.
Marisa Tinkler Mendez, a Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge, was supposed to preside over the criminal case.
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