Fighting Massive Fraud
FBI Unveils Most Wanted Fraudsters List to Combat $57 Million in Financial Crimes
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The FBI has launched a new Most Wanted Fraudsters list, featuring photographs of 10 fugitives accused of major financial crimes, as part of a broader Department of Justice anti-fraud crackdown. Officials said the effort is meant to help law enforcement identify and apprehend suspects, particularly in cases involving healthcare fraud, consumer scams, and misuse of government aid programs. In Ohio, federal prosecutors charged four people in an alleged behavioral health Medicaid scheme tied to more than $30 million in fraudulent claims, which authorities say involved therapy and psychotherapy billed for children and young adults at programs where the services were allegedly medically unnecessary or not provided as represented. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the cases are meant to “shock your conscience,” and authorities described coordinated federal-state enforcement along with seized bank accounts and multiple luxury vehicles. Separately, the list includes Georgia fugitive Christopher W. Burns, whom investigators accuse of a mail fraud scheme that defrauded dozens of victims out of at least $10 million through purported peer-to-peer lending backed by nonexistent or misrepresented collateral, with the FBI offering up to a $150,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
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Prosecutors say the Ohio behavioral-health defendants allegedly continued billing Medicaid even after one company lost its credentialing with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services—shifting claims through “another entity.”
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Authorities detailed the seized Ohio assets beyond “multiple luxury vehicles,” saying they took three bank accounts with about $469,000 and 14 vehicles valued around $800,000—including six Mercedes-Benz cars, a Bentley, BMW, Jaguar, Maserati, two Land Rovers, a GMC, and a McLaren.
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The DOJ briefing framing the rollout described the broader crackdown as involving “more than $57 million in alleged losses” across healthcare fraud, government program fraud, and consumer scams.
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For Christopher W. Burns, investigators say he was supposed to submit documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 25, 2020; instead, the FBI says he left his home in Berkeley Lake, Georgia, hasn’t been seen since, and his vehicle was later found abandoned in Dunwoody.
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CBS Atlanta reported additional identifying and procedural details about Burns: a 2023 federal grand jury indictment charging him with 10 counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, and four counts of money laundering; a description of him as 6-foot-2, about 240 pounds, with brown eyes and hair and a left-forearm tattoo of three interlaced black triangles; and an FBI tipline of 1-800-225-5324 for information.
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