{"id":236719,"date":"2025-06-02T07:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=236719"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:23:54","slug":"n-digital-venezuelan-irregularly-practicing-medicine-was-acquitted-due-to-technicalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/06\/02\/n-digital-venezuelan-irregularly-practicing-medicine-was-acquitted-due-to-technicalities\/","title":{"rendered":"N Digital: Venezuelan irregularly practicing medicine was acquitted due to technicalities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Karla Moya Boada, a Venezuelan national accused of illegally practicing medicine in the Dominican Republic, was acquitted due to a technicality, despite overwhelming evidence against her, N Digital reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Public Health shut down a first medical office where she operated, but then she opened a second parallel one as her case was held in court, N Digital reports, but this was not considered in the ruling calling for her acquittal from charges of irregularities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

N Digital explains that two crucial pieces of evidence were deemed inadmissible by the Second Collegiate Appeals Court:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. University certification: A document from the South American university where she says she graduated as a physician, certifying that Moya is not a graduate of their institution.<\/li>
  2. LinkedIn profile: Screenshots from Moya’s LinkedIn profile where she claims to be a lawyer graduated from Universidad Carlos Bello in 2001.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    N Digital explains that the court rejected these pieces of evidence on a technicality, stating they were submitted late during the second appeals trial despite being available before the first hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    N Digital reports that the court did accept documents from Moya Boada that lacked proper legalization (apostilles) from official channels, such as the Ministry of Higher Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The court did not accept the evidence presented including a document from the Metropolitan District of Caracas Medical Association in Venezuela that states that Moya’s alleged medical degree is being held due to lack of authenticity verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The court did not accept a certification from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) that was presented as evidence that Moya Boada has no academic record at UCV as a student, graduate, or otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Investigative journalist Nuria Piera, who initially broke the story two years ago, expressed her disappointment with the verdict: “The judicial system failed\u2026 novice prosecutors were unable to prove in the first instance that Moya Boada was illegally practicing medicine.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Piera highlighted Moya’s inability to provide proof of her plastic surgery qualifications or legal permission to perform medical procedures in the Dominican Republic during the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Previously, Piera’s investigation uncovered photographs of Moya’s clinic displaying fraudulent certificates claiming she held a postgraduate degree in plastic surgery and a medical degree from UCV\u2014certificates that were conveniently removed when investigators arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    N Digital interviewed Dr. Susana C\u00e1rdenas, vice president of the Venezuelan Society of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Maxillofacial Surgery, who confirmed that Moya Boada is not a member of their organization, further casting doubt on her medical credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It is not clear whether Moya Boada is cleared to continue to practice medicine in the Dominican Republic. She has said she will sue those who damaged her reputation as a medical doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Read more:
    N Digital <\/a>
    Nuria Piera \u2013 Karla Moya Boada Part 1 <\/a>
    Nuria Piera \u2013 Karla Moya Boada Part 2 <\/a>
    Nuria Piera \u2013 Karla Moya Boada Part 3 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    DR1 News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2 June 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Karla Moya Boada, a Venezuelan national accused of illegally practicing medicine in the Dominican Republic, was acquitted due to a technicality, despite overwhelming evidence against her, N Digital reports. The Ministry of Public Health shut down a first medical office where she operated, but then she opened a second parallel one as her case was … <\/p>\n

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