FBI Returns Hilmi From Turkey to Face $3.7 Billion Medicare Fraud Charges

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 22

Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi was flown to the United States on Friday after Turkish authorities detained him, putting a fugitive in one of the biggest alleged Medicare scams in U.S. history back in American custody.
The FBI said Hilmi fled the U.S. in May 2025 and was transferred through a foreign custody operation run by the bureau's Critical Incident Response Group.
Kash Patel called the return a major fraud-enforcement win and said FBI Miami, the Justice Department, Turkish authorities and U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack helped secure the operation.
The arrest is the FBI's second high-profile Medicare fraud extradition in less than a week, following Herbert Kimble's return in a separate $1.3 billion case.
Together, the two cases involve about $5 billion in alleged fraud against taxpayer-funded healthcare programs, underscoring a broader DOJ push against wanted fraud suspects.