Konstanz court jails fake beauty doctor for three years and nine months

The verdict

On Monday, 26 October 2026, the regional court in Konstanz sentenced a 28-year-old man to three years and nine months in prison. The judges convicted him of forging documents, misusing the professional title of doctor, dangerous bodily injury and fraud. The verdict is not yet legally binding. He had worked as a doctor at a beauty clinic in Konstanz without a medical degree or licence, and the court found that forged certificates and a false approbation had secured him the job. The practice belongs to the Aesthetify clinic chain, which is linked to the social media doctors known as 'Dr. Rick' and 'Dr. Nick'. He has been held in pre-trial custody since April.

How the fake credentials worked

The man had trained as a paramedic before he set up his deception. During the Corona pandemic he bought certificates and a medical licence from a Chinese online seller and used them to apply to the Konstanz practice. The documents were recognised by the medical chamber in Lower Saxony. Prosecutors said he was put to work after a one-day introductory course at the practice. At trial he said he had always been interested in studying medicine and had pretended to attend online lectures during the pandemic. He had also been fined in Braunschweig for a similar fraud, and he had told the people around him that he was studying medicine.

Treatments and patients

Between early March and mid-April he gave 466 treatments with Botox and hyaluron, the court found. These substances are used, among other things, to smooth out wrinkles. The treatments he carried out generated revenue of more than 300,000 euros, of which he himself received about 3,200 euros. Patients did not know he was not a doctor. An expert found no treatment errors. According to the indictment, two of the patients were 17-year-old girls.

Defence, sentence and apology

Prosecutors had asked for four years and six months in prison, while the defence argued for at most two and a half years. The court went below the prosecution request, citing among other things his confession, which he made at the start of the trial, and the remorse he showed. In his final word he apologised to those affected and said the last six months had been the hardest of his life.

Prosecution demand54

Defence demand (maximum)30

Court verdict45

Prosecution demand

54 months

Defence demand (maximum)

30 months

Court verdict

45 months

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Influencers and the open verdict

Before the trial, Henrik Heüveldop ('Dr. Rick') and Dominik Bettray ('Dr. Nick') said in a video on Instagram and TikTok that they had been deceived by the man, just as their patients had been. The two are doctors and influencers, and the chain they run is the one the Konstanz practice belongs to. The verdict is not final, so the sentence remains open to challenge.