FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday that two international fugitives have been added to the bureau’s new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list as federal authorities unveiled a sweeping healthcare fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 455 suspects accused of submitting more than $6.5 billion in false claims.
Patel revealed the additions during a joint press conference highlighting the “2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown,” a nationwide operation that Attorney General Todd Blanche described as the largest healthcare fraud enforcement effort ever undertaken by federal and state authorities.
The new fugitives, Khalid Ahmed Satary and Emylee Thai, replace two previously captured suspects on the FBI’s fraudster watchlist.
Due to the success of this FBI led by the @WHFraudTF along with @TheJusticeDept and our interagency partners – arresting TWO of the Most Wanted Fraudsters in just two weeks – today we are adding two new subjects to the Most Wanted Fraudster List to replace the ones that have been… pic.twitter.com/TEIJCrusRh
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 23, 2026
Satary is wanted for his alleged role in a $547 million healthcare fraud conspiracy involving a genetic testing scheme. Investigators believe he is currently hiding in the United Arab Emirates.
Thai faces charges including conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and paying and receiving illegal kickbacks. According to the FBI, her laboratory billed Medicare approximately $142 million for genetic testing and received about $95 million in reimbursements.
Officials said Thai fled while under electronic monitoring and may be hiding in Vietnam.
“The American people and the world are our best sources of information,” Patel said, urging anyone with information about the fugitives to contact the FBI through its tip line or online reporting system.
The wanted announcements came as federal officials touted the results of a massive two-week operation spanning 45 states and territories.
Blanche said the investigation uncovered schemes that allegedly allowed fraudsters to funnel taxpayer dollars into extravagant personal purchases, including multimillion-dollar homes, a $135,000 Maserati, an $865,000 Bulgari necklace and the construction of a $4.6 million hotel at a Philippine beach resort.
“Fraudsters can no longer rip off American taxpayers,” Blanche said. “If you seek to harm or cheat Americans, we will find you, seize any assets and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
BREAKING: Todd Blanche announces charges against 455 defendants across 45 states and territories for healthcare fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs. pic.twitter.com/SsnsnfkR62
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 23, 2026
The takedown marks one of the Trump administration’s most aggressive efforts to combat fraud within Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said the government is moving away from the traditional “pay and chase” model, in which fraudulent claims are paid first and pursued later.
Instead, officials said federal agencies are increasingly relying on advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence tools to identify suspicious billing patterns and stop fraudulent claims before taxpayer money is paid out.
The administration says the strategy is designed to prevent billions in losses and make large-scale healthcare fraud schemes far more difficult to execute.
Those, who are stealing from us day in and day out those days are OVER!
This should showcase to the WORLD the lengths that we will go as an interagency and as a taskforce to apprehend, arrest, and bring to JUSTICE anyone who steals our dollars that are meant for our most… pic.twitter.com/gbjhlUSzM4
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 23, 2026
