Six Nebraska residents charged in $6.55bn US Medicare and Medicaid fraud sweep

Six current and former Nebraskans are among 455 people charged nationwide in a federal healthcare fraud crackdown targeting over $6.55 billion in fraudulent claims.

Nebraska residents among hundreds indicted in record US healthcare fraud operation

Six current and former Nebraska residents have been charged as part of a sweeping federal crackdown on healthcare fraud, nebraskapublicmedia.org reports.

The six are among 455 defendants nationwide — including 90 licensed medical providers — accused of attempting to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of more than $6.55 billion.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the charges this week under its 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche described it as "the greatest whole-of-government effort to combat healthcare fraud in our nation's history."

Of the six Nebraska-linked defendants, two had their cases filed in state court and one in U.S. District Court. Three additional individuals were charged in U.S. District Court in Nebraska as part of the same operation.

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