Members of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and officers from the SSS’ legal department failed to arrest Dr. Joel Mendez, beauty doctor to the stars, during a raid in his house in Quezon City recently. Dr. Mendez has a standing warrant of arrest in relation to his alleged violation of the Social Security System law. According to the SSS, the doctor failed to pay for his employees’ SSS contributions from 2011 to 2013.
Joel Mendez, Violation of SSS Law
According to an ABS-CBN report, the case against the doctor was filed in 2013. It involved the non-remittance of contributions of 40 employees under him. Dr. Mendez owns the Weigh Less Center, Mendez Body and Face Salon and Spa and Mendez Body and Face Skin Clinic. He boasts of having several branches all over Manila.
A copy of the court papers indicated that Dr. Mendez needs to pay PhP 1.8 million in fees and fines and serve a jail sentence of up to six years. When the police came to his house in Brgy. Talipapa, Novaliches, Quezon City, the doctor was nowhere to be found. According to the occupants of the house, the doctor has not been staying at his house and is said to be in Cagayan de Oro City.
Joel Mendez Tax Evasion Charges As Well
Back in 2011, the Court of Tax Appeals issued the doctor a guilty verdict for two counts of tax evasion. According to a GMA report, Mendez failed to find his yearly income tax return in 2002 and he submitted falsified information for his 2003 ITR. Because of this, he was not able to pay the government taxes amounting to a total of PhP 3.6 million.
The doctor was sentenced to two to four years in prison, for both offenses. He also needed to pay a fine of PhP 10,000 for each offense. No further reports, however, can be found about whether Mendez was able to serve his jail term.
Mendez is known within the showbiz industry for providing services to celebrities and personalities through his weight loss and skin clinics.