LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 49-year-old Las Vegas nurse practitioner who bought a $594,000 Ferrari and a $865,000 Bulgari necklace, and a 47-year-old Las Vegas man with multi-million-dollar houses were two of the eight Nevadans named this week as the Department of Justice announced charges against 455 defendants in a sweeping attack on health care fraud.
Indictments — some sealed when they were initially issued — came over the past two weeks, capped by a Tuesday news conference that announced the “2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown” involving $6.5 billion in alleged false claims. The defendants included 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, now facing charges for allegedly participating in health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes.
Four Las Vegas residents, a Henderson woman, a Reno man and two other defendants listed only as from Nevada were on the Justice Department list. Some of the criminal compaints and documents are at the bottom of this story. Two Nevada companies were also named:
- Brian Rowan, 47, of Las VegasCharged by indictment with conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay health care kickbacks, paying health care kickbacks, and transactional money laundering, in connection with a $1.2 billion wound allograft scheme. Rowan was the Vice President of Sales for a Fort Worth, Texas, company that sold expensive amniotic wound allografts. Between December 2021 and June 2024, Rowan and his co-conspirators caused the submission of $1.2 billion in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare, TRICARE, CHAMPVA, and commercial insurers, of which approximately $614 million was paid. Rowan personally made over $24 million, which he used to purchase multi-million-dollar houses, million-dollar life insurance policies, luxury vehicles, and luxury watches. The case is being prosecuted in the District of Arizona.
- Christopher Dzialo, 35, of RenoCharged by indictment with mail fraud and health care fraud in connection with a scheme to submit false pharmacy and medical insurance claims for high-reimbursement drugs that were never prescribed and services that were never rendered. As alleged in the indictment, between June 2023 and July 2025, Dzialo submitted at least eight fraudulent direct member reimbursement (“DMR”) claims to his insurance provider, seeking repayment for alleged out-of-pocket expenses. These claims were for either prescriptions he never obtained or medical procedures he never received, with an alleged value of $158,514.39. The case is being prosecuted by the Eastern District of Michigan.
- Michael McMillan, 55, of Las VegasCharged by indictment with health care fraud, offer and payment of illegal kickbacks and bribes, and engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property in connection with the submission of approximately $268 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and other government healthcare benefit programs related to wound care products. As alleged in the indictment, McMillan, the owner of Protectus LLC and related entities, offered various skin substitute products to physicians and medical providers under an illegal kickback arrangement. Disguising the kickbacks as rebates or discounts, McMillan and Protectus received approximately $174 million. Assets valued at approximately $35 million were seized as part of the case. The case is being prosecuted by the Northern District of Texas.
- Marizel Yukee, 49, of Las VegasCharged by indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and offer, pay, solicit, and receive illegal health care kickbacks, and transactional money laundering in connection with an alleged $906 million scheme to defraud Medicare and TRICARE by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts that were procured through illegal kickbacks and bribes. Yukee, a nurse practitioner, through four mobile wound clinics she owned in four different states, targeted elderly Medicare patients, many of whom were terminally ill in hospice care, to cause unnecessary and expensive allografts to be applied to these vulnerable patients’ wounds. Assets valued at approximately $35.2 million were seized as part of this investigation, including $467,000 in cash, eight vehicles (including a Ferrari 296 GTS purchased for $594,000), and jewelry (including a Bulgari necklace purchased for $865,000). The case is being prosecuted by the Texas Strike Force. The Southern District of Texas is handling asset forfeiture.
- Yoselin Elizabeth Sorto Mejia, 23, of Las VegasCharged by complaint with submitting false claims to Medicaid, intentional failure to maintain adequate records, theft, and money laundering in connection with a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid. As alleged in the complaint, Mejia was the owner of Salvi, a Medicaid-contracted advanced practice registered nurse provider group. As part of the scheme, Mejia fraudulently submitted claims to Medicaid through Salvi for transcranial magnetic stimulation (“TMS”) services purportedly provided to Medicaid recipients by healthcare professionals employed by Salvi. However, the health care professional under whose name Mejia and Salvi billed TMS services denied ever providing such services. In addition, the Medicaid recipients denied receiving TMS services. As alleged, Mejia caused the submission of approximately $2,781,651.73 in false and fraudulent claims to Medicaid, and received over $2.1 million. The case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Steven Sidhu of the Nevada Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
- Dayana Santander Morales, 35, of HendersonCharged by complaint with submitting false Medicaid claims, obtaining and using the personal identifying information of five or more persons for unlawful purposes, intentional failure to maintain adequate records, and theft in connection with a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicaid. As alleged in the complaint, Morales was the owner of DC Medical, a Medicaid provider. As part of the scheme, Morales fraudulently submitted claims to Medicaid through DC Medical, falsely claiming that various service providers had rendered alpha stimulation/electrical stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation services to Medicaid recipients. Morales caused the submission of approximately over $2.1 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicaid, of which approximately $1.3 million was paid. The case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Steven Sidhu of the Nevada Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
- Johnny Antanio Hankston, 44, of NevadaCharged by information with violations of the Utah False Claims Act totaling over $951,000. He was one of three defendants accused of opening an outpatient substance abuse treatment center known as Second Chance Family Services and targeted adults who had substance abuse addictions, were chronically unhoused, or were on parole. Clients at Second Chance received little to no services and those that were received were provided by individuals who were not qualified to provide Medicaid services. The case is being prosecuted by the Utah Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
- Jalon Hankston, 24, of NevadaOne of three defendants accused of opening Second Chance Family Services. See details above under Johnny Antanio Hankston.
- Salvi Therapeutics, Ltd. (“Salvi”), a Nevada limited liability companyA company owned by Yoselin Elizabeth Sorto Mejia. See details of her case above.
- DC Medical Center, LLC (“DC Medical”), a Nevada limited liability companyA company owned by Dayana Santander Morales. See details of her case above.
The crackdown is expected to leadthe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to suspend 1,079 providers and revoke billing privileges for 1,403 providers…