Magaly Travieso, 53, of Miami, Fla., was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and Yudorki Ramirez, 52, of Miami, Fla., was charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
According to the allegations, Travieso was an advanced practitioner registered nurse and the owner of ProMed Healthcare, LLC, a medical clinic that purportedly provided back and shoulder braces, physical therapy, psychosocial rehabilitation, and other mental health therapy services to beneficiaries with commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage Plans, and to Medicaid recipients.
From approximately March 2019 through at least January 2023, Travieso allegedly conspired with others to submit over $20 million in fraudulent claims for reimbursement, of which ProMed received over $10 million.
Once those healthcare fraud proceeds were deposited into ProMed’s bank accounts, Travieso and her former spouse, Ramirez, allegedly used them for personal use and benefit.
For example, Travieso allegedly spent approximately $75,000 in proceeds on purchasing a 2021 Land Rover Range Rover in the name of ProMed and approximately $750,000 in proceeds on the purchase of her residence in Miami, Florida.
Similarly, Ramirez allegedly spent approximately $141,923.02 of proceeds on purchasing his residence in Miami. Ramirez also allegedly transferred approximately $2,068,904.55 of healthcare fraud proceeds to his investment accounts.
In June 2024, pursuant to seizure warrants, law enforcement seized Travieso’s Range Rover and over $4 million in healthcare fraud proceeds from bank accounts belonging to Travieso and Ramirez.
