{"id":2610653,"date":"2026-06-04T13:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todd-blanche-announces-50-million-fraud-bust-in-ohio\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:36:26","slug":"todd-blanche-announces-50-million-fraud-bust-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todd-blanche-announces-50-million-fraud-bust-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Blanche announces $50 million fraud bust in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftodd-blanche-announces-50-million-fraud-bust-in-ohio%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610653&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Acting attorney General Todd Blanche announced indictments in Ohio against 14 defendants accused of stealing more than $50 million in government funds. The alleged schemes reportedly involved fraud in publicly funded home healthcare and autism programs, with much of the activity tied too the Columbus area. <\/p>\n<p>At the briefing, officials also highlighted related enforcement efforts, including actions connected to Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud, the suspension of high-risk home healthcare providers, and a six-month moratorium on new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cvs-deal-for-signify-seen-facing-tough-antitrust-review\/\" title=\"CVS deal for Signify seen facing tough antitrust review\">home healthcare services<\/a> and hospices in Ohio. The Justice Department and state partners are expanding collaboration through a data-sharing agreement to help proactively identify links among clinics, labs, and billing entities used by fraudsters. <\/p>\n<p>Blanche and CMS Director mehmet Oz argued that Ohio\u2019s programs have been heavily harmed by organized fraud and said similar practices were likely brought to the U.S. by groups that settled in the Columbus area, contributing to widespread program integrity failures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/todd-blanche\/\">Todd Blanche<\/a> unveiled indictments on Thursday against multiple individuals in Ohio accused of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fraud\/\">stealing<\/a> over $50 million in government funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blanche unsealed charges against<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/fraud-division-announces-federal-state-partnership-ohio-prosecute-fraud\"> 14 defendants<\/a>, including state employees, during a press conference.\u00a0Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dr-mehmet-oz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2270\">Mehmet Oz<\/a> accused the suspects of defrauding taxpayers, including by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >corrupting publicly funded home healthcare<\/a> and autism programs. Much of the alleged fraudulent activity occurred in Columbus, home to large Somalian, Nepalese, and Bhutanese populations. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4595105\/todd-blanche-could-stay-doj-if-senate-stalls\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump could keep Todd Blanche atop DOJ even if Senate confirmation stalls<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4594886\/john-bolton-plea-deal-classified-documents-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>John Bolton reaches plea deal in classified documents case: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4594412\/trump-nomination-todd-blanche-attorney-general\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump expected to nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOhio is facing some of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-targets-democrats-actblue-with-presidential-memorandum\/\" title=\"Trump targets Democrats&#039; ActBlue with presidential memorandum\">significant fraud schemes<\/a> in the country,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062552567041683614\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062552567041683614\">Blanche said<\/a>. \u201cIt has crippled our taxpayer-funded programs and robbed the American purse for too long. Under the leadership of our great president and vice president, the days of the brazen theft that we\u2019ve seen of taxpayer dollars, abusing the generosity of the American taxpayer, is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A slew of other top officials attended the briefing, with FBI Director<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11691\"> Kash Patel<\/a> unveiling<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/most-wanted-fraudsters\"> a new <\/a>\u201cTop 10 most wanted fraudsters\u201d list, and Andrew Ferguson, vice chairman of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, announcing Hawaii\u2019s Medicaid fraud control unit <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062559803432436077\">was decertified<\/a> due to concerns it has systemically failed to crack down on scammers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of enforcement actions in Ohio, Kelly Loeffler, director of the Small Business Administration, announced suspensions for over 27,000 Ohio borrowers who she said were tied to over $1 billion in suspected Paycheck Protection Program fraud, or the illegal abuse of pandemic-era government relief loans. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062555567554462168\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062555567554462168\">Oz said<\/a> the government is suspending 49 Ohio home healthcare providers who\u2019ve been identified as high-risk to the Medicaid program. He granted a six-month moratorium for all new home healthcare services and hospices in the state, and launched a state-specific Medicaid fraud \u201cwar room.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is expanding partnerships with the federal government in \u201chistoric ways\u201d to target scammers, including through a new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/fraud-division-announces-federal-state-partnership-ohio-prosecute-fraud\">data-sharing agreement<\/a> that provides the fraud division access to corporate registrant data held by the state of Ohio. The data will be used in proactive data analysis to identify ownership links between clinics, labs, and billing entities that fraudsters use and hide behind to obscure control over fraud schemes, according to Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062554165977461072\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2062554165977461072\">Oz said<\/a> the Columbus area generates one-third of the\u00a0$1.5 billion flowing from home healthcare services in the state. The figure is three times \u201cwhat you\u2019d expect,\u201d he said, suggesting that foreign-born populations are responsible for generating the fraud by bringing questionable practices common in their home countries to the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4590449\/senate-republicans-anti-weaponization-fund-assurance\/\"><strong>SENATE REPUBLICANS WANT ASSURANCE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND IS DEAD FOR GOOD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a road very close to where we are, 288 home health care facilities in that several block area on that one road,\u201d the CMS administrator told reporters. \u201cIt defies belief. Some of these buildings were vacant. You wouldn\u2019t put anybody up in those buildings, not certainly the place that would house home healthcare.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a mecca for Somalian populations, it\u2019s a hub for Nepalese and Bhutanese populations,\u201d he added. \u201cThese are insular groups, but we are naive to think that practices that were felt to be commonplace in other parts of the world wouldn\u2019t come to this great country if we didn\u2019t pay attention to some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bbb-will-stop-millions-from-going-to-medicaid-for-dead-people\/\" title=\"BBB Will Stop Millions From Going To Medicaid For Dead People\">program integrity issues<\/a>, which were ignored en masse with the prior [Biden] administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Blanche unsealed Ohio indictments: $50M+ alleged fraud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2610654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2279486057.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6909,4333,51594],"class_list":["post-2610653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fraud","tag-ohio","tag-todd-blanche"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2279486057.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610657,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610653\/revisions\/2610657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}