Fake doctor arrested at JFK after botched butt implant in Astoria home: NYPD
April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry
A fake doctor who was performing medical procedures without a license at an Astoria home was taken into custody on the night of Friday, March 28, after one of his patients went into cardiac arrest.
At around 1 p.m. that afternoon, Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, injected a 31-year-old woman with lidocaine during a butt implant removal at the illegal practice he ran at 20-59 35th St. causing serious injuries, police said.
EMS responded to the location and rushed the victim to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. While paramedics were removing the patient from the office, Hoyos-Foronda slipped out of the house and drove off.