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A massive crackdown on healthcare benefit fraud has revealed 324 defendants across all 50 states, accused of collectively defrauding taxpayers of $14.6 billion in funding for Medicaid, Medicare and other government healthcare programs.
Former West Virginia House member and congressional candidate Derrick Evans posted a clip of Matthew R. Galeotti, the head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announcing the charges.
“In a takedown this large, I can’t possibly describe all of the work that went into dismantling each scheme,” Galeotti stated.
According to a Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs press release, the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown revealed that the hundreds of healthcare workers allegedly abusing these healthcare programs included pharmacists, nurse practitioners and 96 doctors.
The release noted, “Demonstrating the significant return on investment that results from health care fraud enforcement efforts, the government seized over $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles, cryptocurrency, and other assets as part of the coordinated enforcement efforts.”
Additionally, 205 providers were prevented from billing $4 billion in fraudulent or false claims leading up to the National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
Furthermore, 20 individuals are facing civil charges related to $14.2 million in alleged fraud, along with 106 civil settlements totaling $34.3 million as part of the takedown.
The National Health Care Fraud Takedown included 13 Medicaid providers in Ohio who reportedly charged a total of $14.6 billion in false billings and $15.6 million in illegally controlled substances, via Ohio Attorney General David Yost.
The U.S. Arizona District Attorney’s Office confirmed that seven defendants in Arizona allegedly received a collective $1.1 billion after submitting $1.65 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Medicare, as well as health care kickbacks and bribes.
This came just before the Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, which safeguards Medicaid from fraudulent claims and requires proof of U.S. citizenship in order to receive government healthcare benefits.
