A vegan influencer has been fined after she wrongly claimed to be a qualified osteopath.
‘Concerns’ were raised about Lily Iaschelcic, 30, after she claimed she was a qualified practitioner without being registered with the professional regulator.
Iaschelcic has over 600,000 followers online where she showcases her jet-setting lifestyle in far-flung destinations including Santorini, Shanghai and South Korea.
Her website, Osteopathic Health, still appears in the bio of her account.
Earlier this week, Iaschelcic shared pictures from her glitzy visit to the Hilton Park Lane and from her time at a charity gala.
On Wednesday, City of London Magistrates’ Court heard that Iaschelcic had previously been registered with the General Osteopathic Council, but lost her licence after she left the UK to study medicine in Georgia.
The student, who founded a clinic called Osteopathic Health, admitted to magistrates that she ‘completely forgot’ about the website after moving to the eastern European country.
Now, Iaschelcic has been ordered to pay £957 for the ‘oversight’.
Lily Iaschelcic, 30, claimed she was a qualified practitioner without being registered with the professional regulato
Iaschelcic has over 600,000 followers online where she showcases her jet-setting lifestyle at far-flung destinations including Shanghai and South Korea
Magistrate Colin Gregory told her: ‘The offence of describing yourself as an osteopath when you’re not is there to protect the public so it’s very important that people who do wrongly claim themselves with professional qualifications do get punished.
‘But we take into account that it is not as though you had no connection at all to osteopathy, and you were registered.’
Elaine Freer, prosecuting, told the court that Iaschelcic’s registration with the General Osteopathic Council had ended in January 2022.
She said ‘concerns’ had been raised with the regulator in 2024 that the website for Osteopathic Health described Iaschelcic as a qualified osteopath.
A warning email was sent to Iaschelcic by the General Osteopathic Council and ‘there were changes made to the website’, Ms Freer added.
The prosecutor said the site also featured a picture of Iaschelcic in which she appeared to be carrying out an ‘osteopathic treatment’, and that it was possible to book appointments with her, although this is disputed by the student who said the link never worked.
Iaschelcic pleaded guilty to calling herself an osteopath while not registered in relation to the website.
A second charge relating to her describing herself as an osteopath on an Instagram post was withdrawn.
Iaschelcic has been ordered to pay £957 for wrongly claiming to be a qualified osteopath
She told magistrates that she graduated from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2021 with a masters in osteopathic medicine and nutrition.
Iaschelcic said she had ‘studied hard’ to become a practitioner, often working long days from 9am to 7pm.
Magistrates heard that six months after graduating, she set up Osteopathic Health with a friend.
Iaschelcic, who hopes to become a doctor, eventually left the UK and told magistrates she ‘completely forgot’ about the website.
She said: ‘If I didn’t get my medical exams accepted, and if I didn’t get a place, I would have still carried on to be an osteopath.’
The influencer added: ‘I am very proud to be an osteopath, so I cannot be told that I’m not an osteopath.’
Mr Gregory said the panel took note of what Iaschelcic had to say about her ‘passion’ for helping others through her medical studies, and her admission that the matter was an ‘oversight’.
She was told to pay a £623 fine, a surcharge of £249 and prosecution costs of £85.