Vegas doctor convicted of using Botox knockoff

Prosecutors say patients thought they were getting brand-name treatment

updated 7:28 p.m. ET Nov. 20, 2008

LAS VEGAS - A doctor and his wife have been convicted of treating patients with a Botox knockoff at their Las Vegas clinic.

Federal jurors returned the verdict late Wednesday against 53-year-old Dr. Stephen Lee Seldon and 41-year-old Deborah Martinez Seldon. They are convicted of mail fraud and adulterating a drug while held for sale.

Deborah Seldon was her husband's office assistant at A New You cosmetic clinic. Prosecutors say patients thought they were getting Botox treatments to reduce facial wrinkles but got the cheaper TRItox instead.

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The government says the substitute was research quality and not for human use. The Seldons could face decades in prison when they are sentenced in February.

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