MIAMI — A 39-year-old man is facing two felony charges after authorities said he was providing cosmetic injections without a license out of an office in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood.
Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrested Yumyut Sali Mustafa, also known as Yumit Mustafa, after an undercover operation on Wednesday.
Investigators said Mustafa ran YM Aesthetics Miami out of an office in the Latitude One building at 175 SW Seventh St.
On the YM Aesthetics website, Mustafa, listed in his arrest report as a Bulgarian-born British national, also touts an office in London.
Investigators said a Florida Department of Health undercover operative set up a Botox appointment with Mustafa on Wednesday. Deputies said the operative, communicating with him, “asked if she was texting Dr. Mustafa,” to which he replied, “I am indeed.”
Authorities said when the operative met with Mustafa for a $599 forehead injection, he told her that the product he would be using was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Investigators said it later turned out that the product was Re-N-Tox, “a foreign and unapproved product from South Korea (that) cannot be dispensed in the United States.”
Investigators said the operative gave a takedown signal after Mustafa showed her the vial and deputies from MDSO’s Medical Crimes Unit moved in to arrest him.
Mustafa, who also lives in Brickell, faces felony charges of practicing health care without a license, possession of a prescription drug with intent to sell and a misdemeanor charge of misrepresenting himself as a licensed physician.
Responding to a one-star Google review that stated in part, “Just so you all know, this person is not licensed to provide injectables,” an account identified as the owner of YM Aesthetics responded, in part, “We take concerns about licensing and professional conduct very seriously. Please be assured that we are committed to upholding the highest standards of care and compliance.”
As of Thursday morning, Mustafa was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $5,000 bond.
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