South Florida Couple Accused of Running Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Recovery Center

A South Florida couple is facing charges after allegedly running several unlicensed cosmetic surgery recovery centers. Court documents show Tatiana Giraldo-Torres, 33, and Juan Diego Ramirez, 32, advertised Tatiana’s Resort & Spa as a full-service recovery center for post-cosmetic surgery. 

CBS News reports one of the social media posts claims the business is run by an “expert family leading the industry for plastic surgery recovery.” 

Police investigation uncovered a different situation. Investigators found the couple was running their business out of three homes in northeast Miami-Dade, Doral, and the Tamiami area. 

In late August, police conducted a search for a home on SW 12 Terrace and said they found a patient and an employee. The employee allegedly said they were paid $10 an hour by Giraldo-Torres and Ramirez to care for the patients. 

“A subsequent inspection of trash containers (including the large green regular waste bine and recycling bin) which were located on the west side of the residence in front of the garage, was conducted and were fully loaded for regular trash and large quantities of contaminated plastics and cloth (adult diapers, gloves, medical absorbent pads, bed pards, and maggots consuming the blood) were in regular white trash bags for collection,” the arrest report states. 

In the days following, patients called police reporting “unprofessional behavior” at another home in northeast Miami-Dade on South Spur Drive. The patients told police they didn’t feel safe at the location. 

Police found what they believed to be a third recovery location at an apartment complex in Doral. They said more patients were being cared for by unlicensed people. 

The couple faces several charges including individual counts of organized scheme to defraud, witness tampering and felony hazardous waste.