Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice announced that recent anti-fraud efforts have resulted in charges being filed against 455 defendants nationwide, including in Oklahoma, for health-care fraud and opioid-abuse schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in false claims “and significant patient harm, including death.”

The charges were filed as part of the agency’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The defendants included 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals.

“This year’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown represents the greatest whole-of-government effort to combat health care fraud in our Nation’s history,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Under the decisive leadership of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, and our law enforcement partners, this administration has ushered in a new era of enforcement that will safeguard taxpayer dollars.”

Among the actions taken by federal agencies, officials announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has suspended 1,079 providers and revoked billing privileges for 1,403 providers.

There have also been 48 Civil Monetary Payment settlements amounting to more than $73 million, more than 1,400 provider exclusions, and 25 actions taken by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”) under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law seeking more than $10 billion in payments to the Medicare Trust Fund from payments that CMS caught and suspended before the funds were paid to fraudulent providers.

Civil charges have also been filed against 13 defendants for $14.8 million in health-care fraud schemes, and civil settlements have been reached with 31 defendants totaling $23 million.

In addition, 928 administrative cases by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are seeking the revocation of authority to handle and/or prescribe controlled substances since October 1, 2025.

A news release from the U.S. Department of Justice stated that recent anti-fraud actions now include the largest number of Medicaid fraud defendants and the largest Medicaid fraud loss charged in the department’s history: 295 defendants and over $518 million in false claims submitted to Medicaid.

“The coordination in the Health Care Fraud Takedown reinforces the Trump Administration’s efforts to end the crimes of bad actors who have ripped off U.S. taxpayers,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “This is a whole-of-government effort to hold those who defraud our nation accountable. Our message is clear: if you steal from American taxpayers, you will face the consequences.”

The agencies highlighted numerous alleged major fraud crimes in a press release, including a $67 million scheme to bill Illinois Medicaid for behavioral health services that were not provided. The defendant in that case allegedly submitted claims to Medicaid for 500 or more hours of counseling and therapy services per day, well in excess of what all providers on staff could render while working 24 hours per day.

In the Southern District of Florida, the medical director of a cardiovascular testing and treatment practice was charged in connection with an $89 million scheme to bill for unnecessary cardiovascular tests, such as EKGs and echocardiograms, conducted on student-athletes on school campuses.

In the Southern District of Florida, Ibrahim Hilmi has been charged in connection with $3.7 billion in false claims for urinary catheters and other durable medical equipment that was never provided.

The prosecutions include cases filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma and the Western District of Oklahoma. Information on the Oklahoma cases was not immediately available.