Posted on 06/21/2026 4:06:16 AM PDT by Libloather
Members of Congress are calling for increased oversight and reform after a Haitian national in Florida was convicted in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that prosecutors said involved more than $58 million in false claims targeting Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers using a federal drug discount program.
Prosecutors accused Jean Jethro Alexandre and his co-conspirators in 2025 of recruiting fake patients and offering them financial kickbacks if they accepted fraudulent prescriptions — primarily for HIV and AIDS medication — written by nurse practitioners involved in the operation, according to court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital. Alexandre would then cash in on the scheme through insurance reimbursements for filling the fake prescriptions.
He used the proceeds from his scheme to bankroll a life of luxury, including a fleet of top-end cars, a mansion near Miami and a slate of investment properties.
The case is drawing renewed scrutiny to the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a decades-old federal initiative designed to help safety-net providers serve low-income patients that is increasingly being criticized by lawmakers and industry groups who say weak oversight has allowed bad actors to exploit the system. Advocates for reform may point to Alexandre’s case as evidence that the program is in need of tweaks to reduce the risk of fraud.
"The 340B program was created with good intentions to help vulnerable and underserved patients access care, but unfortunately, it has evolved into a massive, poorly supervised program with weak transparency and accountability safeguards," Rep. Diana Harshbarger, herself a pharmacist, told Fox News Digital. "Cases like this demonstrate how the current structure can create opportunities for bad actors to exploit deeply discounted drugs, questionable contract pharmacy arrangements and opaque reimbursement practices for personal profit."
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Yes, and much of Congress belongs in prison too for not adding security features over time and would like to see many of them behind bars for keep funding these corrupt programs. It will never happen sadly and a good reason so many of them become multi-millionaires so quickly.
This pinpoints just ONE exact reason why the country is in a financial mess of some $40 trillion in debt. Congress just spends trillions as long as their unrelated pet projects are earmarked without any oversight.
I am developing a theory.
DOGE unearthed and documented everything.
The lefty left went after Elon Musk and his business interests (ie. Tesla), and the DOGE kids
The DOGE effort was paused and saved for the future.
Now, JD Vance picks up the files and the gubmint goes after the evildoers
Fraudsters...
When will they be prosecuted?
When will Americans recoup the $$$ they stole?
As I always say, “Corruption follows money as night follows day, and the largest river of money on the planet flows through Washington, DC.”
As I always say, “Corruption follows money as night follows day, and the largest river of money on the planet flows through Washington, DC.”
Financial crimes might be given special lifetime lifestyle limitation punishments:
Vehicles:
No driving of a motorized vehicle except:
1. one having a Blue Book value of less than 40% of the average,
2. a work vehicle not capable of exceeding 28 miles per hour and only on private property or travelling no more than 50 feet on a public road within any 60 minute period.
No riding in a vehicle other than:
1. that of public transit organization vehicle with a seating capacity of at least 10,
2. a motorized vehicle except those having a Blue Book value of less than 40% of the average,
3. in the passenger space of a law enforcement vehicle, or
4. in a medical transport vehicle as appropriate to your apparent medical need.
Housing:
No being in a residential dwelling between 6pm and 7am that is larger than 1,200 square feet or has water or mountain views except a homeless shelter or as may be personally permitted by the probation department within the last 12 months.
Retail Stores:
No being in a retail store except grocery stores, stores selling substantial quantities of milk, bread or hamburger, or as personally permitted by the probation department within the last 12 months.
Restaurants:
No being in a restaurant except as an hourly employee or as a customer of a multi-unit, fast-food restaurant.
Clothing:
No wearing of any garment or accessory which bears a name, trademark, is not primarily monochromatic, or contains silk or the hide of any creature.
Shoes:
No wearing of any item of footwear that could be expected to have intellectual property protection except a trademark in its interior or on its underside that would not normally be seen.
Jewelry and Accessories:
No possessing or wearing of any item of jewelry or any accessory which contains a gemstone or a precious metal other than that of one’s wedding ring, or if born female, one’s engagement ring having a value of less than $2,000 in 2026 dollars.
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Never. Even when the fraud is caught we only get a small portion back. The system is set up that way. I just sent a nasty note to the Nevada Attorney General about it. I turned someone in for 5 yeas of outright Medicaid fraud. They fined her $16,400. I know of 2 major surgeries and hospital stays, plus monthly pain doc appts, plus meds, plus dentists, plus another doc she saw all the time. I calculated that her fraud cost well over $250,000. I told the AG I would like that kind of return on my money.
Now, Congress, do SNAP & MEDICAID. Wonder what “hunting” those rackets will find.
“primarily for HIV and AIDS medication”
Most people on medicaid have cheap claims. But Medicaid has barbells.
Lifestyle choices of HIV, AIDS and related liver, kidney, mental health, etc are an extremely expensive barbell.
Lifestyle choices of tobacco, vaping, alcohol, drugs, STDs are also an expensive barbell.
There is more fraud in them than some other expenses. But even apart from the fraud they are very expensive.
Taxpayers should not pay for these lifestyle choices.
$58 million and you get 10 years? $5.8 million per year in prison? Not a bad income and will only encourage others to do the same.
Betcha he sent most of the stolen US tax
dollars to a numbered offshore bank account.
When he gets out, he’ll be sickeningly rich.
Betcha he sent most of the stolen US tax
dollars to a numbered offshore bank account.
When he gets out, he’ll be sickeningly rich.
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