FBI captures $1.2B Medicare fraud fugitive in Philippines, second arrest from Most Wanted Fraudsters list
Authorities said the operation used call centers to steer patients toward medically unnecessary orthopedic braces.
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US News FBI captures $1.2B Medicare fraud fugitive in Philippines, second arrest from Most Wanted Fraudsters list By Michael Sinkewicz, Fox News Published June 21, 2026, 4:10 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Originally Published by: Minnesota AG lashes out when grilled on fraud scandal Fraudster’s eye-popping taxpayer-backed drug scam puts Congress on the hunt Trump admin yanks funding from LA homeless agency amid explosive fraud probe A fugitive accused of running a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy has been captured overseas and returned to the United States, becoming the second suspect taken into custody from the FBI’s new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list.
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