FBI brings back fugitive accused in $3.7B Medicare fraud scheme after capture in Turkey

A fugitive accused of helping mastermind a $3.7 cardinal Medicare fraud strategy — 1 of the largest successful U.S. past — is successful American custody aft authorities tracked him down successful Turkey and flew him backmost to the U.S. to look charges, the FBI announced Monday.

Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi was precocious detained by Turkish authorities aft helium fled the U.S. successful May 2025, the FBI said. The FBI's Critical Incident Response Group flew retired to Turkey and transported Hilmi to the U.S. connected Friday done a overseas transportation of custody operation.

FBI Director Kash Patel hailed the cognition arsenic a large triumph successful the bureau's effort to way down fugitives accused of stealing payer dollars.

"Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi is charged with 1 of the biggest Medicare scams successful past — allegedly orchestrating a monolithic $3.7 cardinal strategy to defraud Medicare," Patel said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "He's been connected the tally since May of 2025 — but we got him."

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Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi is accused of helping mastermind a $3.7 cardinal Medicare fraud scheme. (FBI)

Patel credited FBI Miami, the Department of Justice and Turkish authorities with helping unafraid Hilmi's seizure and instrumentality to the United States.

Turkish authorities precocious captured Hilmi successful Turkey. Hilmi was turned implicit to the FBI and brough backmost to the U.S. connected Friday, the bureau said. (FBI)

The apprehension marks the 2nd high-profile instrumentality of an alleged Medicare fraud fugitive successful little than a week.

On Thursday, the FBI announced it had brought backmost Herbert Kimble, who investigators accidental had been connected the tally since 2024 aft allegedly orchestrating a abstracted Medicare fraud strategy worthy astir $1.3 billion.

FBI Director Kash Patel touted Hilmi's apprehension arsenic "another monolithic win" against fraudsters. (FBI)

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The 2 cases impact astir $5 cardinal successful alleged fraud targeting taxpayer-funded healthcare programs.

Patel said Hilmi's instrumentality demonstrates that suspects accused of large-scale fraud volition beryllium pursued careless of wherever they flee.

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"This yet different monolithic triumph for this FBI’s warfare connected fraudsters with the White House Task Force led by VP Vance," Patel said, "and a monumental triumph for the Trump administration, showing that immoderate transgression histrion who steals from the American payer volition beryllium caught, nary substance wherever they effort to hide."

Patel besides thanked U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, saying the lawsuit against Hilmi was lone imaginable acknowledgment to his "invaluable" and "tireless work."