An aesthetician in suburban Boston is accused of injecting thousands of vials of counterfeit Botox into unsuspecting clients’ faces for three-plus years, buying the bogus medication online.
Rebecca Fadanelli, who falsely claimed to be a nurse with a degree in anatomy from “Havard [sic],” paid $50 for each vial of fake Botox she ordered from the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba.com, compared to $650 a vial for the real thing, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday. It says Fadanelli also administered knockoff Sculptra and Juvederm, bringing in nearly $1 million before she was arrested on federal charges that could land the 38-year-old in prison for decades.
