Trump AAG McDonald Revealed the Ugly Truth to Laura Ingraham About What Fraudsters Bought With the Medicare Money

A Los Angeles hospice owner was buying names of dead patients from coroners – then billing Medicare for their care.

Biden let this run for four years while your Medicare trust fund bled out.

Trump's AAG McDonald just told Laura Ingraham what 455 of these criminals spent your money on – and it will make you sick.

$6.5 Billion Stolen From the Programs You Paid Into

Acting AG Todd Blanche stood before cameras Tuesday alongside RFK Jr., Kash Patel, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and DEA chief Terrance Cole to announce the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.

455 defendants charged across 45 states in two weeks.

$6.5 billion in false claims – stolen from Medicare, Medicaid, and other government health programs.

90 of those defendants were actual licensed doctors.

One Texas nurse practitioner allegedly billed Medicare more than $1 million per patient for skin substitutes – then spent the proceeds on an $865,000 Bulgari necklace and a multimillion-dollar home in Hawaii.

An Arizona hospice owner allegedly purchased the names of dead patients from coroners and billed Medicare for their "treatment" – then used the money for a $135,000 Maserati and luxury watches.

A South Carolina woman billed Medicare and Medicaid for medical equipment that was never delivered.

A Pakistani billing executive ran a $650 million Medicaid scheme targeting Native American reservations and homeless patients as recruiting pools – then bought a $2.9 million golf estate in Dubai.

McDonald broke it down for Ingraham in plain terms: DOJ seized $182 million in cash and assets in the two-week sweep.

"They're not spending it on groceries," McDonald said. "They're spending it on Rolls Royces, Bulgari necklaces, and on luxury homes."

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Kash Patel Chased Them Across the Globe

This wasn't just a domestic sweep.

Kash Patel confirmed four arrests came through international custody transfers.

One suspect was snatched in Turkey for a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.

Another – an American citizen – was apprehended in the Philippines for $1.2 billion in Medicaid fraud run through fake telemedicine.

Patel made clear what the FBI thinks of healthcare fraudsters.

"We will chase them down just like we chase down terrorists, narco traffickers, gang bangers and those that want to do harm to our communities," Patel said, "because this type of harm is equally as harmful to our most vulnerable."

Tuesday's takedown was the second-largest dollar amount ever charged in a single healthcare fraud operation and set a new department record for Medicaid enforcement – 295 defendants charged, $518 million in false claims, all 50 state Medicaid Fraud Control Units participating for the first time in history.

Obama and Biden Handed These Criminals a $100 Billion Annual Business

Dr. Oz didn't mince words about the scale of the problem.

$100 billion is stolen from Medicare and Medicaid every single year.

Obama spent eight years growing these programs without building the enforcement infrastructure to protect them.

Biden spent four more years doing the same – then gutted the agencies that might have caught the fraud while his open border brought in the foreign criminal networks running the largest schemes.

The DOJ's Health Care Fraud Strike Force has operated since 2007 and, before Tuesday, had collectively pursued more than 6,200 defendants across nearly two decades – but under Obama and Biden, the annual takedowns averaged a fraction of what Trump's DOJ announced in two weeks.

Medicare faces insolvency by 2033 – and those two administrations accelerated that timeline by treating fraud as a rounding error.

Every dollar that went to a fraudster's Rolls Royce is a dollar that won't pay for your hip replacement or your father's hospice care.

Oz told the press conference that eliminating fraud alone could double the life expectancy of the Medicare Trust Fund.

Trump signed an executive order in March establishing a dedicated fraud task force – and Tuesday's announcement is the first major result.

CMS payment suspensions are up 500% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year.

Provider billing revocations are up 40% year over year.

Trump's team is treating this like a war.

Blanche said it plainly: "This is just the beginning. Fraudsters can no longer rip off American taxpayers. If you seek to harm or cheat Americans, we will find you, seize any assets, and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."

McDonald put the final punctuation on it Tuesday night with Ingraham: "Today the American people saw the full might of the government come down on these fraudsters."

455 charged. Billions seized. Suspects hunted across three continents.

If you paid into Medicare your whole working life, this is what justice looks like.

Sources:

• Amy Curtis, "AAG McDonald Told the Nation Just How Much of Our Money Was Stolen by Healthcare Fraudsters," Townhall, June 24, 2026.
• Department of Justice, "National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 455 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $6.5 Billion in Alleged Fraud," Justice.gov, June 23, 2026.
• "DOJ Charges 455 Defendants with Healthcare Fraud Worth $6.5B," Spectrum News, June 23, 2026.
• "Justice Department Healthcare Fraud Operation Brings Charges Against 450," The Hill, June 23, 2026.
• "DOJ Announces $6.5B Healthcare Fraud Takedown with Record Medicaid Enforcement," Fierce Healthcare, June 23, 2026.
• Mehmet Oz, "Trump Administration Prioritizes Affordability by Announcing Major Crackdown on Health Care Fraud," CMS.gov, March 11, 2026.
• "Dr. Oz Details 'Weaponization of Fraud' in Minnesota, Estimates Total Medicaid Fraud to Be $100 Billion," Fox News, February 17, 2026.
• Robert E. Moffit, "Ending Fraud Is Great But It Won't Fix Medicare Insolvency," The Federalist, June 10, 2026.