Individuals Pardoned by Donald Trump for Medicare, Medicaid, or Insurance Fraud

Name Category Tags Type of Crime Amount of Fraud Source
Philip Esformes Health Care Executive Medicare Fraud, Medicaid Fraud, Kickbacks, Money Laundering, Bribery Medicare and Medicaid fraud (kickbacks, money laundering, bribery) $1.3 billion NBC News
Salomon Melgen Physician Medicare Fraud, Unnecessary Treatments, False Claims Medicare fraud (unnecessary treatments and false claims) $73 million (billed; actual loss $42 million) U.S. Department of Justice
Judith Negron Health Care Executive Medicare Fraud, Conspiracy, Kickbacks, Money Laundering Medicare fraud (conspiracy, kickbacks, money laundering) $87 million Miami Herald
Lawrence Duran Health Care Executive Medicare Fraud, Money Laundering Medicare fraud and money laundering $205 million Truthout
John Davis Health Care Executive Medicare Fraud, Bribes, Kickbacks Medicare fraud (illegal bribes and kickbacks) $15.6 million PBS
Faustino Bernadett Physician/Hospital Owner Insurance Fraud, Workers' Compensation, Kickback Scheme Workers' compensation insurance fraud (kickback scheme) $900 million Department of Justice
Daniela Gozes-Wagner Health Care Professional Medicare Fraud, Conspiracy, Health Care Fraud Medicare fraud (conspiracy to commit health care fraud) $50 million Department of Justice
Todd S. Farha Health Insurance Executive Medicaid Fraud, Health Care Fraud, False Statements Medicaid fraud (health care fraud and false statements) $35 million WUSF
William L. Kale Health Insurance Executive Medicaid Fraud, Health Care Fraud, False Statements Medicaid fraud (health care fraud and false statements) $35 million WUSF
Paul L. Behrens Health Insurance Executive Medicaid Fraud, Health Care Fraud, False Statements Medicaid fraud (health care fraud and false statements) $35 million WUSF
Thaddeus M. S. Bereday Health Insurance Executive Medicaid Fraud, False Statements Medicaid fraud (false statements) $35 million WUSF
Peter E. Clay Health Insurance Executive Medicaid Fraud, False Statements Medicaid fraud (false statements) $35 million WUSF
Alfonso Antonio Costa Health Care Professional Health Care Fraud, False Insurance Billing Health care fraud (false insurance billing) $44,000 Mother Jones
Rickey Ivan Kanter Business Owner Medicare Fraud, Mail Fraud Medicare fraud (mail fraud) $27 million Department of Justice
Theodore E. (Ted) Suhl Business Owner Medicaid Fraud, Bribery Medicaid fraud (bribery to inflate payments) Not specified (companies received ~$125 million in reimbursements during indictment period) White House Archives
William E. "Ed" Henry Politician Medicare Fraud, Theft of Government Property Medicare fraud (theft of government property) Not specified Associated Press
Duncan Fordham Pharmacist Health Care Fraud, Kickbacks Health care fraud (kickbacks) $1 million (restitution ordered) Augusta Chronicle
Frederick J. Nahas Physician Obstruction of Justice, Health Care Fraud Investigation Obstruction of justice in health care fraud investigation Not specified (no underlying fraud found) Medscape

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