MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A Miami-Dade County man has been charged with multiple felonies after he looted finances from a 71-year-old retired nurse who lived in Miami Shores with her disabled adult daughter, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
According to a press release from the State Attorney’s Office, prior to her death in 2022, the nurse, Marie Thomas, suffered a major health episode that left her with a cognitive impairment and need for around-the-clock care.
Prosecutors said the victim met Lyne Bien-Aime, 55, “through associations with the victim’s church” and he later “misrepresented himself as the victim’s nephew when dealing with local medical authorities.”
“Bien-Aime contacted the victim’s sister and family, residing in New York, falsely claiming to be a medical doctor and promising to oversee her care,“ the press release stated…