A fugitive accused of helping orchestrate one of the largest Medicare fraud conspiracies in U.S. history has been captured after nearly two years on the run.

Federal authorities said Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, was arrested in the Philippines and returned to the United States to face proceedings connected to a healthcare fraud scheme that allegedly generated more than $1.2 billion in Medicare billings.

FBI Director Kash Patel highlighted the arrest in a post on X, writing, “If you defraud the American people….I told you we WILL find you!” He added, “We are just getting started!” Vice President JD Vance, who leads the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, also praised the arrest and credited the task force’s partnership with the FBI. “Our message is simple. If you defraud the American people, we will find you and we will bring you to justice,” Vance wrote on X. He added that Kimble allegedly preyed on elderly Americans and cost taxpayers more than $1 billion.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Kimble’s attempt to avoid accountability ultimately failed. “Instead of facing accountability for his $1.2 billion Medicare fraud crimes in the United States, Kimble fled to the Philippines hoping to escape justice,” Blanche wrote on X. “That plan failed.”

Prosecutors allege Kimble played a central role in a healthcare fraud operation that generated more than $1.2 billion in Medicare billings and affected thousands of beneficiaries, many of them elderly Americans. Investigators contend the scheme relied on telemarketing networks and medical equipment suppliers to promote orthopedic braces and other durable medical equipment, often without legitimate medical necessity, according to the Grants Pass Tribune.

Authorities have said telemedicine arrangements were used to obtain prescriptions and support reimbursement claims, allowing the operation to generate large volumes of Medicare billings over several years.

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