June 24, 2026Updated June 25, 2026, 1:11 p.m. ET
More than 450 people, including doctors and nurse practitioners across 45 states, have been charged in connection with global health care fraud schemes totaling a record $6.5 billion, the Department of Justice announced.
The federal agency, in a news release on June 23, wrote the alleged fraud and opioid abuse schemes involved 455 people who submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs and "caused significant patient harm, including death."
Of the group charged in the schemes, prosecutors said at least 90 were doctors and other licensed medical professionals.
In all, 56 federal districts and 50 state Medicaid Fraud Control Units participated in the investigation, the release continues.
"This year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown represents the greatest whole-of-government effort to combat health care fraud in our Nation’s history," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in the release.
"While today’s announcement is one of the largest on record – every arrest is a continued message to criminal actors who rob American taxpayers that you will not get away with your crimes," FBI Director Kash Patel said in the release.
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