Press Release

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Fei Min has been charged with assault, unauthorized practice and reckless endangerment for repeatedly injecting unknown substances during multiple visits into the face, neck and breasts of a client and purported that she was providing Botox, collagen and other treatments. Min lacked a license to provide such treatments.

District Attorney Katz said “Fei Min, as alleged, provided treatments she had no authority to perform and is now charged with assault and related charges. I encourage anyone who may have visited the defendant’s business and suffered any injuries to contact our consumer fraud helpline at 718-286-6673, and urge anyone seeking cosmetic treatments to first check the credentials of the provider with the New York State Education Department Office of the Professions.”

Min, 41, of Bowne Street in Flushing, was arraigned Tuesday on two counts of assault in the second degree, unauthorized practice and reckless endangerment in the second degree. Judge Anthony Battisti ordered her to return to court April 9. She faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.

DA Katz said that according to the charges and investigation, Min operated Princess Beauty, Inc. on Union Street in Flushing and advertised that her business provided beauty treatments. The 57-year-old victim began visiting the salon in June 2021 and over a period of three years, was told she was receiving Botox, stem cell, collagen and other injectable or microneedling treatments.

On July 4, 2024, the victim went to the business with the expectation that she was to receive a skin plumping treatment. Min used needles to inject the woman in the neck with unknown substances approximately 140 times. The victim suffered a painful reaction on her neck including redness, swelling, blisters, burning, itchiness and substantial pain.

The woman returned to the business on July 18 and Min injected an unknown substance or substances into her neck to try to remove or reduce the swelling, bumps and pain.

The client returned approximately a month later for more treatments including injections and microneedling to reduce the swelling, pain and bumps at the previous injection sites. The additional treatments caused bleeding, swelling, itchiness, burning, scarring and substantial pain. The victim’s neck remains disfigured.

Records maintained by the New York State Department of State indicate that Min held an individual cosmetology license but her business license for that work expired in March 2021. Min lacked the required licenses to administer injections, which can only be done by a medical professional such as a doctor or physician assistant, or perform microneedling treatments, which can be done by a licensed medical professional or licensed acupuncturist.

The Queens District Attorney thanks the investigators and attorneys with the New York State Department of State and the New York State Education Department Office of the Professions for their assistance in this investigation.

The investigation was conducted with the assistance of NYPD Detective Anthony Guerriero of the Queens District Attorney’s Squad under the supervision of Sergeant Thomas Rouse.

Assistant District Attorney Hana C. Kim, Deputy Chief of the District Attorney’s Frauds Bureau, is prosecuting the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Joseph T. Conley III, Bureau Chief, and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Gerard Brave.