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Nurse Indicted for $906M Medicare Fraud, Luxury Purchases

6/24/2026

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The scheme generated $906 million in Medicare and Tricare claims from October 2023 to April 2025.
Filipino American nurse Marizel Yukee was indicted in Houston on June 18 by the Southern District.
The fraud used unnecessary tissue transplants, billing each patient over $1 million and yielding $297 million in government payments.
About $4.6 million funded a resort in Santa Ana, Philippines.
Yukee bought a home in Hawaii, an $865 000 necklace and a $594 000 Ferrari.

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Story summary

The scheme generated $906 million in Medicare and Tricare claims from October 2023 to April 2025.
Filipino American nurse Marizel Yukee was indicted in Houston on June 18 by the Southern District.
The fraud used unnecessary tissue transplants, billing each patient over $1 million and yielding $297 million in government payments.
About $4.6 million funded a resort in Santa Ana, Philippines.
Yukee bought a home in Hawaii, an $865 000 necklace and a $594 000 Ferrari.