Overview
- Federal authorities say Herbert Leon Kimble was arrested in the Philippines and returned to the United States on Saturday after evading capture since he skipped his 2024 sentencing.
- Kimble pleaded guilty in 2019 to conspiracy, health-care fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, false claims and offering kickbacks but a failure to appear turned him into an active fugitive with a federal arrest warrant.
- Prosecutors and the HHS inspector general say the scheme used offshore call centers and telemedicine doctors who often issued prescriptions without medical need to bill Medicare more than $1.2 billion and target thousands of mainly elderly beneficiaries.
- DOJ and FBI officials credited the new Most Wanted Fraudsters list and cooperation from the Philippine government with locating Kimble, making him the second capture tied to the list after Said Abdullahi Ereg.
- Kimble has been returned to U.S. custody to face the outstanding case and his arrest signals the National Fraud Enforcement Division and White House task force will press more cross-border efforts to recover funds and hold fraud suspects accountable.