Event Brief
DOJ charges Las Vegas nurse over $906M Medicare fraud
Filed: Jun 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM ET
Summary: Prosecutors charged nurse practitioner Marizel Yukee in a $906M Medicare/TRICARE fraud scheme.
WHO: U.S. Department of Justice
WHAT: Charged nurse practitioner Marizel Yukee in connection with an alleged $906 million Medicare and TRICARE fraud scheme.
WHEN: Jun 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The charges stem from an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare and TRICARE by targeting elderly patients using mobile wound clinics.
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