Chinese police raided a salon offering unlicensed beauty injections, and uncovered a supplier that sold 4.3 million worth of fake Botox to 1,000 people around the country

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A supplier of fake beauty treatments sold more than 4.3 million USD worth of fake vitamin C and Botox injections to 1,000 people across eastern China in just six months.

The treatments were used on patients in more than 10 provinces, including Hunan, Fujian and Liaoning.

Police in Changde city, Hunan province have arrested five suspects, believed to be behind the sales, for endangering public health and not adhering to medical standards.

Authorities were alerted to the scam during a surprise inspection of a beauty parlour in Hunan s Hanshou county, found to be offering unlicensed hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, and Botox injections as beauty treatments.

A supplier of fake beauty treatments, including vitamin C and Botox injections, sold more than 30 million yuan US 4.3 million worth of products in six months to more than 1,000 patients across eastern China, according to a police investigation.

The treatments, which included counterfeit injections delivered with unlicensed equipment, were used on patients in more than 10 provinces, including Hunan, Fujian and Liaoning, Beijing News reported on Sunday.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: 6 airline industry secrets that will help you fly like a pro this holiday seasonSee Also:Chinese police seized 144,000 worth of pens, glasses, and bracelets made of turtle in a black market crackdownWhite nationalist groups like the Proud Boys are street gangs, and law enforcement needs to start treating them that wayThere's no good outcome for Trump if the government shuts down. He won't get border wall funding.SEE ALSO: Police closed a sex doll shop in Hong Kong that let customers try before they bought

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