FBI announces capture of fugitive in Turkey in alleged $3.7B Medicare fraud scheme

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday the capture of a man in Turkey who allegedly helped orchestrate a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme and said the man has been brought back to the United States to face charges.

The bureau said Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi, who fled the U.S. in May 2025, was recently detained by Turkish authorities and the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group flew to the country and transported Hilmi to the U.S. last week through a foreign transfer of custody operation, according to Fox News.

Patel said the operation was a "massive win" for the White House and served as a warning for those attempting to steal money from the U.S.

"Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi is charged with one of the biggest Medicare scams in history — allegedly orchestrating a massive $3.7 billion scheme to defraud Medicare," Patel said on X. "He's been on the run since May of 2025 — but we got him. 

"This [is] yet another massive win for this FBI’s war on fraudsters with the White House Task Force led by [Vice President JD Vance] and a monumental victory for the Trump administration showing that any criminal actor who steals from the American taxpayer will be caught, no matter where they try to hide," he added.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.