Healthcare fraud has proliferated nationwide, House Republicans warn
We're watching the same failure loop.
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans have uncovered a nationwide “epidemic” of healthcare fraud extending far beyond the fraud-fraught states of Minnesota and California, according to congressional research into underreported cases of Medicare and Medicaid abuse shared with the Washington Examiner.
For instance, in Florida, a foreign national from Cuba was federally sentenced in May 2025 for his role in a sprawling $3.2 million Medicare fraud billing scheme.
According to court documents, Julian Lopez, a Cuban citizen who was residing in Miami-Dade County, sold off Medicare beneficiary information to a sham medical equipment company called One Medical Services, which then used those records to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims for orthotic braces never actually provided to patients.
In New Jersey, prosecutors say a women’s health center that was operating without a medical license fraudulently billed the state’s Medicaid program approximately 2,500 times from December 2020 to February 2024.
According to a recent press release from the New Jersey attorney general’s office, in addition to fraud-related crimes, two of the facility’s operators, both of whom were not licensed to practice medicine, were charged with performing illegal gynecological services on patients while unlicensed.
In New York, a Brooklyn banker with dual citizenship pleaded guilty last week to laundering more than $8 million in Medicare fraud proceeds on behalf of a transnational criminal organization.
Renat Abramov, a dual citizen of Azerbaijan and the United States, admitted to participating in a “sophisticated” international scheme as part of the organization’s network.
That organized crime syndicate alone has allegedly submitted over $10 billion in fraudulent Medicare claims across the country by stealing the identities of over 1 million Americans, including elderly and disabled citizens in all 50 states, according to the Justice Department.
Abramov, as a manager of an American bank branch, admittedly opened bank accounts for individuals, many of them not lawfully present in the U.S., who posed as owners of bogus medical supply businesses. Once the insurance checks from Medicare were deposited, members of the transnational criminal organization transferred the profits into offshore accounts and cryptocurrency.
Although the Somali-run scams have dominated the news cycle, Republicans in Congress are warning that what came to light in Minnesota is “merely the tip of the iceberg.” …
We're watching the same failure loop.
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans have uncovered a nationwide “epidemic” of healthcare fraud extending far beyond the fraud-fraught states of Minnesota and California, according to congressional research into underreported cases of Medicare and Medicaid abuse shared with the Washington Examiner.
For instance, in Florida, a foreign national from Cuba was federally sentenced in May 2025 for his role in a sprawling $3.2 million Medicare fraud billing scheme.
According to court documents, Julian Lopez, a Cuban citizen who was residing in Miami-Dade County, sold off Medicare beneficiary information to a sham medical equipment company called One Medical Services, which then used those records to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims for orthotic braces never actually provided to patients.
In New Jersey, prosecutors say a women’s health center that was operating without a medical license fraudulently billed the state’s Medicaid program approximately 2,500 times from December 2020 to February 2024.
According to a recent press release from the New Jersey attorney general’s office, in addition to fraud-related crimes, two of the facility’s operators, both of whom were not licensed to practice medicine, were charged with performing illegal gynecological services on patients while unlicensed.
In New York, a Brooklyn banker with dual citizenship pleaded guilty last week to laundering more than $8 million in Medicare fraud proceeds on behalf of a transnational criminal organization.
Renat Abramov, a dual citizen of Azerbaijan and the United States, admitted to participating in a “sophisticated” international scheme as part of the organization’s network.
That organized crime syndicate alone has allegedly submitted over $10 billion in fraudulent Medicare claims across the country by stealing the identities of over 1 million Americans, including elderly and disabled citizens in all 50 states, according to the Justice Department.
Abramov, as a manager of an American bank branch, admittedly opened bank accounts for individuals, many of them not lawfully present in the U.S., who posed as owners of bogus medical supply businesses. Once the insurance checks from Medicare were deposited, members of the transnational criminal organization transferred the profits into offshore accounts and cryptocurrency.
Although the Somali-run scams have dominated the news cycle, Republicans in Congress are warning that what came to light in Minnesota is “merely the tip of the iceberg.” …
Healthcare fraud has proliferated nationwide, House Republicans warn
We're watching the same failure loop.
EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans have uncovered a nationwide “epidemic” of healthcare fraud extending far beyond the fraud-fraught states of Minnesota and California, according to congressional research into underreported cases of Medicare and Medicaid abuse shared with the Washington Examiner.
For instance, in Florida, a foreign national from Cuba was federally sentenced in May 2025 for his role in a sprawling $3.2 million Medicare fraud billing scheme.
According to court documents, Julian Lopez, a Cuban citizen who was residing in Miami-Dade County, sold off Medicare beneficiary information to a sham medical equipment company called One Medical Services, which then used those records to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims for orthotic braces never actually provided to patients.
In New Jersey, prosecutors say a women’s health center that was operating without a medical license fraudulently billed the state’s Medicaid program approximately 2,500 times from December 2020 to February 2024.
According to a recent press release from the New Jersey attorney general’s office, in addition to fraud-related crimes, two of the facility’s operators, both of whom were not licensed to practice medicine, were charged with performing illegal gynecological services on patients while unlicensed.
In New York, a Brooklyn banker with dual citizenship pleaded guilty last week to laundering more than $8 million in Medicare fraud proceeds on behalf of a transnational criminal organization.
Renat Abramov, a dual citizen of Azerbaijan and the United States, admitted to participating in a “sophisticated” international scheme as part of the organization’s network.
That organized crime syndicate alone has allegedly submitted over $10 billion in fraudulent Medicare claims across the country by stealing the identities of over 1 million Americans, including elderly and disabled citizens in all 50 states, according to the Justice Department.
Abramov, as a manager of an American bank branch, admittedly opened bank accounts for individuals, many of them not lawfully present in the U.S., who posed as owners of bogus medical supply businesses. Once the insurance checks from Medicare were deposited, members of the transnational criminal organization transferred the profits into offshore accounts and cryptocurrency.
Although the Somali-run scams have dominated the news cycle, Republicans in Congress are warning that what came to light in Minnesota is “merely the tip of the iceberg.” …
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