The FBI has returned a fugitive healthcare fraudster to the United States after Philippine authorities arrested him at a casino in Pasig City, making him the second suspect captured from the bureau’s newly established Most Wanted Fraudsters list in 16 days.
In just over two weeks, this is the second Most Wanted Fraudster arrested on the FBI’s list led by Vice President Vance and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
Herbert Leon Kimbel was apprehended in the Philippines and is now back in the United States, on the run… pic.twitter.com/9ju6cnEfFX
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 19, 2026
Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, was taken into custody June 11 by agents of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) Fugitive Search Unit. Kimble had been a fugitive since August 2024, when he failed to appear for sentencing after pleading guilty in April 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina to conspiracy to defraud the United States, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, making false claims, and offering kickbacks and bribes.
From approximately 2014 to 2019, Kimble operated an offshore call center that marketed medically unnecessary orthopedic braces to Medicare beneficiaries through television and internet advertisements.
The operation screened callers for eligibility and routed them to physicians who issued prescriptions without conducting medical evaluations, prosecutors said. The scheme generated more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent Medicare charges; a federal arrest warrant alleged the total fraud exceeded $2 billion.
The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Herbert Leon Kimble, a member of the Most Wanted Fraudsters List who is #wanted for his alleged involved in a large-scale healthcare fraud conspiracy that resulted in more than… pic.twitter.com/kOxtqhyL81
— FBI (@FBI) June 17, 2026
The DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division announced the Most Wanted Fraudsters list on June 4 to support the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance. Philippine authorities located Kimble after the DOJ made the list public. “If you defraud the American people, we will find you and we will bring you to justice,” Vance wrote on X.
The first person taken from the list, Said Abdullahi Ereg, 47, surrendered to FBI agents in Minneapolis on June 10. Ereg faces charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering for allegedly stealing over $4 million from the Federal Child Nutrition Program.
.@FBIMinneapolis Special Agent in Charge Chris Dotson spoke at a press conference June 10, 2026, in Minneapolis announcing the arrest of Said Abdullahi Ereg, who was added six days earlier to the newly created Most Wanted Fraudsters list. @WHFraudTF pic.twitter.com/xZC8lxdXlN
— FBI (@FBI) June 10, 2026
The BI has blacklisted Kimble, barring him from re-entering the Philippines. “Fleeing the United States does not mean you can flee justice,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
