Fake cosmetic surgeon charged after allegedly injecting four women he met at a Toronto dog park

Toronto police say a man has been accused of posing as a surgeon and then injecting four women with what they believed was Botox, salmon DNA and the drug Ozempic.

Police say they arrested a 29-year-old man on Saturday on seven counts of aggravated assault and simple disorderly conduct.

Investigators say a man approached four women at a downtown Toronto dog park near Bay Street and Queens Quay, where he posed as a surgeon at a local hospital and offered them beauty treatments outside his home.

Police say the women went to the man’s home and received what they believed were salmon DNA injections, a skin treatment, Botox, a wrinkle-reducing injection, and Ozempic, a diabetes drug used off-label for weight loss.

The women became suspicious of the man’s behavior and contacted the police when they learned that he was not qualified to perform the procedures.

A police spokesman says it is still unclear what substance the alleged injections contained, but none of the victims had to be taken to hospital.