The FBI has captured one of its Most Wanted Fraudsters, who allegedly defrauded the government of more than $1.2 billion in Medicare funds.
Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, is accused of running a fraudulent healthcare enterprise that resulted in “more than $1.2 billion in Medicare charges and affected thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom were elderly victims,” according to the FBI.
Previously, the FBI offered a $ 150,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
Authorities say he was arrested in the Philippines after nearly two years on the run, according to the New York Post.
Vice Chairman of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Andrew Ferguson, highlighted the importance of the anti-fraud task force. “The Biden Administration could have gotten him. They found plenty of time to arrest people playing outside of abortion clinics,” he said.
“Instead, they let this guy run away with all of this money outside of the country.”