Miami – February 24, 2026 – Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announces the arrest of 55-year-old Lyne Bien-Aime after a lengthy investigation into the allegation of the looting of the finances of a 71-year-old a retired nurse who lived in Miami Shores with her disabled and vulnerable adult daughter. A major health episode left the victim with a cognitive impairment and need for around the clock care. Lyne Bien-Aime appears to have originally encountered the victim through associations with the victim’s church and allegedly 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. Bien-Aime was neither a relative of the victim (which he allegedly represented to all the hospital professionals to which he interacted) nor the medical professional.

Rather, these false representations all played a role in his gaining access to the victim and allowed him to successfully isolate and manipulate her for his own gain. While living in a rehabilitation hospital and still completely dependent on others for assistance with daily living activities and with obvious severe cognitive impairment, Bien-Aime had the victim sign a number of legal documents, including power of attorney, that facilitated his ability to empty various bank accounts of her life savings. Bien-Aime also used the documents to keep the victim from being able to spend her last days in her Miami Shores home that she owned free and clear, by instead keeping her secretively in his own home.

Meanwhile he continued to steal from the victim by fraudulently transferring her property into his name. The victim’s savings and her home that were stolen by Bien-Aime were intended to safeguard the future of the victim’s severely disabled daughter after the victim’s death. Fortunately for the daughter, the victim’s relatives were able to bring her to New York during the health crisis, where she remained following the victim’s death on December 16, 2022.

If you are interested in seeking additional commentary from State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle on this matter, please call 305-547-0535 to schedule.