Criminal charges, some including involvement in transnational crime groups, were filed against hundreds of health care workers across the United States.
The FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said that almost $15 billion was reported in losses in the “largest health care fraud” investigation in U.S. history, with officials charging more than 300 people in connection to the alleged scheme.
In a post on social media platform X, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote that $14.6 billion in losses were incurred, while $245 million was seized, as FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a separate post on X that hundreds of people were charged in the case.
$245 million seized, hundreds of defendants and medical professionals charged, and $15 billion in losses prevented in the largest coordinated healthcare fraud takedown in history. Well done to all state and federal partners who pushed this. https://t.co/ZlFPU6CsK3
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 30, 2025
Update:
— Dan Bongino (@FBIDDBongino) June 30, 2025
Public corruption will not be tolerated as the Director and I vigorously pursue bad actors who violated their oaths to all of us.
We view the theft of public funds the same way. It’s a crime against all of us. Today, in conjunction with the DOJ and our federal partners,…
“Public corruption will not be tolerated as the Director and I vigorously pursue bad actors who violated their oaths to all of us,” Bongino said, describing it as the “largest healthcare fraud investigation” in the country’s history in terms of financial losses incurred.
Several operations encompassed 50 federal districts and 12 state attorneys general, according to the DOJ. State and federal law enforcement agencies also took part, the FBI said.
A statement issued by the DOJ said that criminal charges were filed against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other health care workers across the United States. Officials said that 29 defendants were charged for partaking in transnational criminal groups who allegedly submitted around $12 billion in fraudulent health-related claims to U.S. health insurance companies.
Further, four defendants were apprehended in Estonia due to cooperation with law enforcement agencies in that country, while seven others were arrested at the U.S.–Mexico border or at American airports, the DOJ said.
That organization, federal prosecutors said, is accused of using individuals sent into the United States from other countries to purchase “dozens of medical supply companies located across the United States” before submitting $10.6 billion in fraudulent health care claims to Medicare for medical devices and equipment.
At the same time, that group allegedly exploited stolen identities from U.S. citizens across all 50 states while using their stolen medical information to submit the false claims, according to the DOJ.
