Houston-area ties surface in $3.7 billion Medicare fraud arrest
Houston-area seniors saw suspicious Medicare charges tied to the case before federal agents arrested Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi in Turkey. Prosecutors say his companies filed $3.76 billion in fake claims.
Federal agents arrested Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi in Turkey on June 22. Houston-area Medicare statements showed billing tied to the alleged scheme.
Hilmi and co-conspirators controlled Sunshine Senior Solutions, LLC, and ABRH Care, Inc., using them as shell companies to submit claims for durable medical equipment and related supplies that were never delivered. The claims allegedly covered orthotic braces, continuous glucose monitors, wound dressings, catheters and wound covers, and the Justice Department alleges the companies submitted at least $3.76 billion in fraudulent claims while only about $5.7 million actually reached the business accounts.
Ron Barlow’s Medicare Summary Notice showed about $25,700 in payments for wound covers and hundreds of catheters between September 2024 and February 2025, while Richard Carter’s Medicare record showed a little over $15,000 in payments for knee and wrist braces and other supplies over the same period. Both men said they never received the items. Carter also said the doctor listed on his claim practiced in Houston and denied knowing him.
Three other states’ attorneys general received complaints about Sunshine Senior Solutions. The indictment lists Sunshine as having office space in Delray Beach, Florida, with no legitimate business purpose and no customers. Hilmi fled the country in May 2025 after negative reviews surfaced online, and Medicare revoked Sunshine Senior Solutions’ ability to bill the program in June 2025.
Hilmi is charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. HHS OIG lists him as captured, and the alleged scheme ran from around August 2024 through around November 2025. The Justice Department announced a June 25 takedown involving 455 defendants and more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud, including over $4 billion tied to DME, wound care products, laboratory testing and other services.
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