This was a toxic marriage.
A major Miami-Dade County real estate developer is being investigated by the FBI for allegedly making threats to his estranged wife's life after her alleges in divorce proceedings that he poisoned her multiple times with fentanyl.
Tatiana Pino, who has been married for 32 years to Century Homebuilders Group president Sergio Pino, said in an affidavit that doctors found fentanyl in her system after multiple hospitalizations over the past three years, the Miami Herald reported.
Tatiana, who filed for divorce in April 2022, said she believes her 67-year-old husband is responsible for her deteriorating health since filing.
“Do you believe your husband poisoned you?” Sergio's lawyer now asks.
“I think so,” she replied.
Tatiana Pino claims her husband, Sergio Pino, poisoned her multiple times with fentanyl.
Tatiana claims she suffered from symptoms including difficulty breathing in 2022, and doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore allegedly found fentanyl in her system after she was intubated six times.
Doctors reportedly instructed her to stay with her sister rather than in her “usual environment,” and Tatiana told her lawyers she had not experienced any symptoms since leaving home, according to testimony.
Tatiana suggested that Sergio had a “financial motive” to poison her, but did not elaborate.
She also claimed that Sergio was under investigation by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but her lawyers advised her not to comment further on the case.
Sergio Pino, 67, is president of Century Homebuilders Group. Century Homebuilders Group
Her lawyer, Raymond Lafour, told the Herald that the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office are currently handling the case against Sergio.
Last week, FBI agents searched Sergio's $4.2 million Coco Plum estate and Coral Gables office as part of their investigation into the threat to Tatiana's life.
FBI spokesman James Marshall confirmed Friday that the agency had searched both locations but declined to comment further on the incidents.
Tatiana and Sergio were married for 32 years, with Tatiana filing for divorce in 2022.
A source familiar with the case told the Herald that the FBI is investigating whether Sergio employed part-time workers at his home and hired three men to blackmail his wife after she filed for divorce.
The employee and three men were charged in Miami federal court with attempted hit-and-run at a Pinecrest home and setting three of her sister's cars on fire.
Sergio has not yet been charged with any crime and his lawyers deny the allegations against their client.
“To be clear, Mr. Pino is devastated by the attacks against him and his family and denies any allegations that he is responsible for them,” his lawyer, Deanna Shifrin, told local media.