Nurse Practitioner Charged with $906M Medicare Fraud, Allegedly Spent Millions on Luxury Items
Mariel Yukee, a nurse practitioner from Las Vegas, has been charged in connection to a $906 million healthcare fraud scheme involving unnecessary amniotic wound allografts billed to Medicare and TRICARE. The Department of Justice alleges she falsified medical records and laundered over $297 million in payments, with seized assets including luxury items like a Ferrari and Bulgari necklace.
Topics: criminal charges fraud Medicare billing money laundering