Overview
- U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ordered Briceño’s citizenship revoked on November 17, 2025, following a DOJ suit filed in the Southern District of Florida.
- Court and DOJ records say Briceño hid an ongoing Medicare scheme when she applied on December 21, 2009 and was naturalized on March 19, 2010.
- Prosecutors say she and associates ran three Detroit-area clinics that submitted roughly $5.4 million in false claims from 2007 to 2010, with Medicare paying about $2.9 million and Briceño receiving around $513,200.
- She was charged in 2011, pleaded guilty to conspiracy on March 14, 2012, and was sentenced to 60 months in prison.
- DOJ officials said the case demonstrates that fraud during naturalization can cost a person U.S. citizenship and trigger immigration and other legal consequences.