{"id":294744,"date":"2026-06-03T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294744\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:39:08","slug":"miami-woman-arrested-after-running-unlicensed-post-surgery-recovery-facility-collecting-over-200k-from-patients-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294744\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami woman arrested after running unlicensed post-surgery recovery facility, collecting over $200K from patients &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A Miami-Dade woman is facing fraud and licensing charges after investigators say she operated an unlicensed post-cosmetic surgery recovery facility out of a home, taking in more than $200,000 from unsuspecting patients.<\/p>\n<p>Kerri Lisa Smith, 38, was arrested Tuesday and charged with organized fraud of $50,000 or more and operating an assisted living facility without a license.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began on March 17 when detectives executed a search warrant at a home near SW 215 Terrace and SW 132 Court. <\/p>\n<p>Inside the property, they found eight post-operative patients being housed at the unlicensed facility. <\/p>\n<p>Further investigation revealed Smith had collected more than $200,000 from victims since October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives believe there may be additional victims. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (305-471-8477).<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A Miami-Dade woman is facing fraud and licensing charges after investigators say she operated an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-294744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}