DOJ Health-Care Fraud Takedown and Pre-Indictment Asset-Freeze Policy

DOJ's record-setting 2026 operation charged 455 defendants in healthcare-fraud cases involving wound care, autism therapy, home health, Medicaid, Medicare laundering, and related schemes. Ahsan Ijaz's October 2 guilty plea in an alleged roughly $65 million Brooklyn Medicaid fraud and kickback conspiracy adds a substantial operator-level development involving enrollment payments, false billing, and money laundering.

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Updated Oct 14, 2026

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