Markenzy Lapointe U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
Magaly Travieso, a 53-year-old Miami resident, has been charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Her former spouse, Yudorki Ramirez, aged 52 and also from Miami, faces charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Travieso, an advanced practitioner registered nurse and owner of ProMed Healthcare, L.L.C., allegedly conspired with others to submit fraudulent claims amounting to over $20 million from March 2019 through January 2023. These claims were for services purportedly provided to beneficiaries with commercial insurance, Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, and Medicaid. Of the fraudulent claims submitted, ProMed received more than $10 million.
The allegations state that once the proceeds from these fraudulent activities were deposited into ProMed’s bank accounts, Travieso and Ramirez used them for personal expenditures. Travieso is accused of spending around $75,000 on a 2021 Land Rover Range Rover in ProMed's name and approximately $750,000 on her residence in Miami. Ramirez allegedly spent about $141,923.02 on his own residence and transferred roughly $2,068,904.55 to his investment accounts.
In June 2024, law enforcement seized Travieso’s Range Rover along with over $4 million in fraud proceeds from their bank accounts following seizure warrants.
The announcement was made by Hayden P. O’Byrne, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Acting Special Agent in Charge Justin E. Fleck from the FBI Miami Field Office; Acting Special Agent in Charge Isaac Bledsoe of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office; and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody for the Florida Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU).
This investigation involves the FBI Miami Field Office, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Egozi is prosecuting this case while Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Paster handles asset forfeiture.
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