Arrest: The DOJ just announced the biggest health care fraud bust in American history.324 individuals — including doctors and nurses — have been charged in a sweeping operation that uncovered more than $2.5 billion in fraudulent claims targeting Medicare, Medicaid, and telemedicine.This takedown exposed kickbacks, fake prescriptions, and entire pill mill operations — all ripping off programs meant to serve seniors and the vulnerable.
It took the FBI, DEA, HHS, and state attorneys general working together to bring this to light.While Democrats keep demanding more government-run health care, this is what’s happening: corruption, waste, and no accountability.This is exactly why we fight for smaller government, tougher oversight, and real responsibility.
The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani national who allegedly orchestrated a $650 million fraud scheme that primarily targeted an Arizona Medicaid program offering addiction treatment and other services for Native Americans.
Court papers say the defendant, Farrukh Ali, conspired with at least 41 addiction clinics to bill the state for hundreds of millions of dollars for addiction services that were never provided, not provided as billed or were medically unnecessary. Many of the patients who were enrolled — but not given legitimate treatment — were recruited from the homeless population or Native American reservations, officials say.
The Ali indictment is one of nearly 200 federal cases that the department announced Monday as part of its 2025 national health care fraud takedown. The effort is part of the department’s long-running campaign to combat fraud in the health care sector, which officials estimate at around $300 billion per year.This year’s takedown involved $14.6 billion in intended losses, making it the largest health care fraud takedown in department history, officials said.
“Today marks a decisive moment in our fight to protect American taxpayers from fraudsters, and to defend the integrity of America’s health care system,” said Matthew Galeotti, the head of the department’s Criminal Division.
“These criminals didn’t just steal someone else’s money. They stole from you,” he added. “Every fraudulent claim, every fake billing, every kickback scheme represents money taken directly from the pockets of American taxpayers.”The actual losses in the charged cases total $2.9 billion, according to the department.The cases reflect the full spectrum of health care fraud, from an alleged $10.6 billion urinary catheter scheme by a transnational criminal organization to a purported $1 billion wound care scheme targeting hospice Medicare patients and Ali’s alleged fraud scheme in Arizona.
