Attorney General Pam Bondi addressing media members
In what’s being called the largest healthcare fraud takedown in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged 324 people for alleged fraud totaling $14.6 billion, Department of Justice officials said Monday. The defendants stand accused of submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care programs, according to the DOJ’s Criminal Division head Matthew R. Galeotti. Defendants include 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals spread across 50 federal districts, the DOJ reported. Additionally, 29 individuals were charged for participating in transnational criminal organizations alleged to have submitted over $12 billion in fraudulent insurance claims, the release added.
Federal officials conducted a similar bust during President Donald Trump’s first term, charging more than 400 people for about $1.3 billion in medical billing and prescription fraud. Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the 2017 bust as the largest healthcare fraud takedown in American history at that time. Attorney General Pam Bondi cited the 2025 operation as a record-breaking bust in the Monday release. The Trump administration will not tolerate criminals who prey on the vulnerable and line their pockets with taxpayer dollars, she said.
What kind of fraudulent claims were made?
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