Prior Lake spa owner accused of buying black market Botox, giving unlicensed injections

A Twin Cities spa owner without a state nursing license has been giving cosmetic injections to clients, according to a criminal complaint that includes allegations she was buying black market Botox and weight loss drugs.

Nancy Jane Anderberg, 59, owner of RegenLife Antiaging Spatique Medispa in Prior Lake, is charged in Scott County District Court with a gross misdemeanor count of unlawful practice of medicine following a 15-month investigation by Prior Lake police.

Anderberg was charged by summons and is scheduled to make her first court appearance on Nov. 3.

Speaking on behalf of her client, attorney Jennifer Pradt declined to address the allegations other than to say Anderberg will be pleading not guilty.

Under questioning by police in July 2024, the complaint read, Anderberg said she understood the licensing requirements for injecting clients and said she “got some neurotoxin training in Texas, but that she doesn’t know for sure if that means she can use that certification in Minnesota.”

She said she stopped doing injections a long time ago, the complaint continued, and “stated she was providing a service to women, her heart is good, and all she does is give.”

State records show that her business license remains active, but there is no indication that the spa is operating.

In May 2024, the state Department of Health forwarded to Prior Lake police a complaint that Anderberg was using black market Botox and a weight management prescription drug that goes by various brand names including Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy and “injecting people without legal authority to do so,” the charging document read.

Two weeks later, a registered nurse told police that Anderberg, a longtime friend, asked her to work at the spa. She said Anderberg told her she had been injecting clients, and the nurse was uneasy to hear that because she didn’t believe Anderberg was acting legally.

The nurse said she “protects her license with her life, and she stayed away from [Anderberg] ... because she thought it was possibly illegal.” The nurse said she checked in later, and Anderberg said she was injecting people with Botox and Ozempic. The nurse added that Anderberg’s former husband said she was getting Botox “really cheap and makes a ton of money” by buying it on the black market.

A woman who worked for Anderberg as a nurse for about eight months until May 2023 told police that Anderberg did all the Botox injections and other cosmetic work. The woman said she “got injected while working there.” She said she did not know at the time that Anderberg was not licensed to carry out those treatments.

A man who said “he was with” Anderberg for 2½ years told police that she was a good liar and she learned how to inject Botox by watching YouTube. He added that he has seen Anderberg injecting clients.

Police spoke with a man who said he was the spa’s medical director for about a year starting in January 2023 and reported Anderberg to the state Board of Medical Practice about his concerns that she was giving injections and using black market Botox.