{"id":1893,"date":"2026-06-21T15:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2026-06-21T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:05:51","slug":"kingpin-medicare-fraudster-fugitive-deported-to-sc-was-no-2-on-fbi-wanted-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1893","title":{"rendered":"Kingpin Medicare fraudster fugitive deported to SC; was No. 2 on FBI wanted list"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A major South Carolina fraudster who was hiding out in the Philippines is now back in confinement in this country and will soon make a court appearance in Columbia, South Carolina, according to knowledgeable sources and court records.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1891\">Trump says Starmer will resign as UK prime minister<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Herbert Leon Campbell, 60, the alleged mastermind of a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme of which key parts were carried out in South Carolina, had pleaded guilty in federal court in Columbia in a plea deal to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, violating the anti-kickback statute and defrauding the government.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>That was in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>For five years after that, Kimble \u2014 as part of the plea deal \u2014 provided information to the government that enabled investigators to make arrests and carry out prosecutions of others involved in the scheme, according to court filings.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Because of his help, the government was able to charge some 80 defendants with health care offenses, prosecutions that otherwise would not have been made, prosecutors wrote in court filings in his case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The scheme involved call centers in the Philippines, doctors and others who targeted the elderly and used their Medicare eligibility to buy medical equipment they didn\u2019t need.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Finally, in 2024, when a sentencing hearing for Kimble\u2019s guilty plea was set, he didn\u2019t show.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see the defendant,\u201d said U.S. District Judge Joe Anderson on Aug. 27, 202,4 as he looked out on a mostly empty courtroom in the Columbia federal courthouse and paraphrased a well-known quote from an astronaut movie. \u201cHouston, do we have a problem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Bower replied, \u201cWe do have a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Anderson was not amused.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He ordered the immediate arrest of Kimble. But Kimble was beyond the law\u2019s immediate reach.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Kimble\u2019s lawyer, Jim Griffin of Columbia, told Anderson his client was in the Philippines, which is an island archipelago nation in the Pacific about 7,000 miles from Columbia. The Philippines does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. for fraud matters.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Officials have not explained by what legal mechanism how exactly Kimble has been brought back to South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1889\">Mercedes-AMG Wants to Make Rear Wings Even Wilder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The judge also revoked a $5 million bond Kimble had posted in 2019 when he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Griffin also told Anderson that Kimble had said he was on the way to South Carolina, but he never showed up.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Griffin said in a recent interview, \u201cI have no comment at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In a 2022 sentencing memo for Kimble federal prosecutors recommended probation because of his substantial help in the case and because he was going to pay $40 million in restitution when he was sentenced.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>At a court hearing in November 2024, Anderson voided Kimble\u2019s plea deal, making him eligible for five years in prison, the maximum for the charges to which he pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Last week, a federal grand jury in Columbia indicted Kimble on new charges with no fanfare or press release.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Kimble is now charged with three counts of failure to appear in court in 2024, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Special assistant U.S. attorney Samantha Usher is the prosecutor on the case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>FBI director Kash Patel has posted news of Kimble\u2019s arrest on the FBI\u2019s X page. 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