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Fake Botox Scheme: Mass Spa Owner Posed As Nurse, Injected Hundreds With Illegal Products
A former spa owner admitted in federal court to running a counterfeit Botox operation that impacted hundreds of clients across two Massachusetts locations.
Rebecca Fadanelli, 40, owned Skin Beaute Med Spa locations in Easton and Randolph, accepted a plea deal on Tuesday, April 7, according to the US Attorney General for the District of Massachusetts.
Prosecutors say she took in more than $900,000 while posing as a nurse and using illegal cosmetic injectables.
Fadanelli, of Stoughton, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including importing merchandise contrary to law and selling count…
Western Mass Man Stabbed Wife 28 Times In CT Home, Left Body For Daughter-In-Law to Find: Jury
A Massachusetts man has been found guilty of fatally stabbing his estranged wife at a Connecticut home in 2023.
Wilkid Valcinord, 60, of Chicopee, was convicted of murder on April 2, 2026, following a jury trial in Superior Court in Hartford, according to Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Sharmese L. Walcott.
Prosecutors said the case centered on a planned attack that crossed state lines.
Evidence showed Valcinord drove from Chicopee to East Hartford on the night of June 17, 2023. Investigators said he went there with the intent to kill his wife, Andra Brown.
Hours later, the sc…
