On July 10, 2025, Magaly Travieso and Yudorki Ramirez from Miami were sentenced for their roles in a health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Travieso received a nine-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, while Ramirez was sentenced to three years for conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Travieso, an advanced practitioner registered nurse and owner of ProMed Healthcare, L.L.C., orchestrated the submission of over $20 million in fraudulent claims. These claims involved unnecessary medical services and fabricated records. Her clinic falsely billed insurance providers, including Medicare and Medicaid, resulting in ProMed receiving over $10 million.
Travieso and her co-conspirators engaged in illegal activities such as paying kickbacks to patients and fabricating medical records. They created false progress notes with copied responses for psychosocial rehabilitation services that were never provided.
The proceeds from these fraudulent activities were used by Travieso and Ramirez for personal expenses. This included the purchase of luxury items like a Land Rover Range Rover and properties in Miami. Ramirez also laundered significant amounts into investment accounts.
Law enforcement seized assets including Travieso’s vehicle and bank account funds totaling over $4 million. Additional forfeited assets worth more than $2 million have since been recovered.
The case was announced by Hayden P. O’Byrne, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Brett Skiles from the FBI Miami Field Office; Ryan Lynch of HHS-OIG Miami Regional Office; and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier from MFCU.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI Miami Field Office, HHS-OIG, and Florida’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Egozi prosecuted the case with Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Paster handling asset forfeiture.
Further details are available on the United States Attorney’s Office website at www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl or through related court documents under case number 25-CR-20074-KMM on www.flsd.uscourts.gov or http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
