Two Florida women have been charged with running an unlicensed cosmetic surgery house that made at least $4,250 a day from women who stayed there.
Yenisley Diaz-Peraza, 35, and Yenisel Diaz, 38, were arrested on 5 October after police searched a Miami home known as “Yeni’s House”.
According to the arrest affidavit obtained by USA TODAY, police found 17 patients inside the house, three of whom had been there before their surgeries, and four employees. The patients told police that they paid $250 deposits over the phone to someone named “Dora”, who was later identified as the co-defendant, prior to their stay. They then paid the balance of their stay in cash on arrival. The patients said they stayed two to five nights on average for $250 to $300 a night, according to the affidavit. Police also found a purse that appeared to belong to one of the co-defendants with $4,200 in cash, according to the affidavit.
Inside the unlicensed operation
Diaz-Peraza, Diaz and the staff had helped patients with bathing, dressing, eating, toileting and administering medication during their stay, the patients told police.
During the search, police found medical waste, including items soaked in human faeces, blood and urine, stored in regular trash bins rather than biohazard bins.
The business “Yeni’s House” is registered by the co-accused as far back as January 2022, but the affidavit shows that it did not have a licence for an assisted living facility.
Diaz-Peraza has been charged with 14 felony counts of operating an unlicensed assisted living facility, two additional felony counts for a littering violation and a hazardous waste violation, and two related misdemeanors.
Diaz has been charged with one felony count of operating an assisted living facility without a licence, two additional felony counts for a litter law violation and a hazardous waste violation, and two related misdemeanors.
