Hundreds Charged in $6.5 Billion Healthcare Fraud Crackdown: DOJ

About 450 defendants were charged in a record-setting crackdown on Medicaid and hospice care fraud schemes, officials said.

FBI Director Kash Patel (C) flanked by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (R) and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) , speaks during a press conference announcing annual healthcare fraud takedown results at the Department of Justice in Washington, on June 23, 2026. Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images

The Justice Department announced on June 23 that it has charged about 450 defendants for various healthcare fraud schemes totaling more than $6.5 billion.

The charges, unveiled at a press conference in Washington, are against defendants for a variety of schemes in what officials called a record-setting action against fraud.