The Bureau of Immigration reported the arrest of Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, an American wanted by the FBI over a large-scale healthcare fraud scheme.
Kimble was arrested on Thursday in a commercial area in Pasig City by Fugitive Search Unit agents together with government intelligence officers. He faces a federal arrest warrant from the US District Court in South Carolina for allegedly orchestrating a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $2 billion through unnecessary orthopedic braces.
Kimble is being held at the BI’s warden facility in Taguig City pending deportation proceedings. The BI identified him as a high-priority target of the FBI.
The BI said the operation was carried out based on information from US authorities.
