One of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters, Herbert Leon Kimble, who is accused of a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud, was captured in the Philippines on June 11.
The arrest was announced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a June 19 post on X. The 60-year-old, born in Chicago, engaged in a large-scale nationwide health care conspiracy fraud by improperly marketing and distributing durable medical equipment, specifically orthopedic braces, according to the FBI.
Between 2014 and 2019, Kimble ran an operation that “focused primarily on initiating contact with Medicare beneficiaries and persuading them to request orthopedic braces for pain relief,” the agency said. These braces were “frequently unnecessary and prescribed through telemedicine consultations that often lacked legitimate medical evaluation.”…