Cuban migrants are ripping off American taxpayers via Medicare fraud and then fleeing back to Cuba with the cash, a top administration official told Fox News. “This fraud is weaponized … often by foreign nationals,” said Mehmet Oz, also known as Dr. Oz, who runs President Donald Trump’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “We can’t allow it to continue,” he said as he described how migrants steal government funds intended to supply medical devices, such as wheelchairs, to sick Americans. Oz said that CMS has put a six-month “nationwide moratorium” on the approval of “new durable medical equipment” businesses in the U.S. He explained that in some of the fraud cases, many from businesses owned by Cuban nationals, the suppliers are not providing equipment, such as government-funded wheelchairs and canes, but are instead stealing Americans’ beneficiary numbers and creating fake businesses to embezzle taxpayer funds. In January, City-Journal posted an interview with a detective who described how migrants are stealing from Americans and government agencies along the West Coast: The two most common I investigate are credit-card fraud and elder fraud. I noticed that in cases involving a high dollar amount—$1,000 or more—and that target a stranger, it’s almost always perpetrated by foreigners. A typical organized-crime credit-card crew would be from Romania. They will come to the United States by sneaking over the Mexican border and go up and down the I-5 corridor. They steal credit cards out of gym lockers at fitness clubs. They’re very sophisticated. They have a computer and a printer in their car. They will steal your credit card, and if your phone’s there, they will steal the SIM card. Once they get to their car, they will immediately make a fake ID that matches those credentials. Then, they’ll go downtown to a jewelry store and buy a Rolex watch for $40,000. If the bank sends you an alert asking if you made the purchase, the thieves have your SIM card and your ID, so they reply, “Yes.” Eventually we’ll catch up with them, but then they just go elsewhere. They’ll start out in Los Angeles, then go up to Salem, then Portland, then Vancouver, Olympia, and Seattle. Though they involve large sums of money, these are nonviolent crimes, so the justice system doesn’t take them that seriously. Eventually these criminals will get caught, but they are not extraditable out of state, and we’re not allowed to call immigration. They’ll have Romanian passports, but nobody ever picks up the phone and calls ICE because it’s against the law in blue states to call them. They do a few months’ time and then are out again. The criminals include Romanians, Nigerians, and South Americans, the detective said: Something like one-third of the wealth in the globe is in the United States, and we’re just a hair over 4 percent of the population, so it only makes sense for criminal groups to focus on America. Additionally, in blue states, it’s a taboo to focus on immigrant communities. Politicians have passed “sanctuary state” laws and reduced criminal penalties, which, in effect, are advertisements saying, “We’re open for business for fraudsters. You probably won’t get caught. If you do get caught, you probably won’t get convicted. If you do get convicted, you won’t get that much time. And you never have to worry about getting kicked out the country.” “In my experience, nearly 100 percent of high-dollar, stranger-on-stranger frauds are committed by foreigners,” he said. “I cannot think of one case of mine where a native-born American committed a fraud of over $1,000 against a stranger. Not in my entire career.” “We will take care of this problem, we’re going to take care of this problem,” Trump said. https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/02/26/dr-oz-migrants-flee-back-to-cuba-with-medicare-cash/ NBC News reported that FBI Director Kash Patel has dismissed multiple bureau employees connected with the 2022 search of then-former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, while also alleging that his own phone records were secretly obtained during the Biden administration as part of investigations into Trump. According to NBC News, at least six FBI agents involved in the August 2022 search were fired at Patel’s direction, citing six individuals familiar with the matter. Three of those sources said at least ten employees overall were dismissed, including support staff, agents, and supervisors. The FBI did not immediately respond to NBC’s request for comment. NBC reported that the terminations occurred the same day Patel said federal authorities had acquired his phone records during the Biden administration in connection with the Trump investigations. In a statement to Reuters, Patel said it was “outrageous and deeply alarming” that previous FBI leadership “secretly subpoenaed” his records, along with those of now-White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and described the process as having been placed in files designed to avoid oversight. The Cuban Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that a Cuban Coast Guard vessel fired on a U.S.-registered speedboat, killing four men aboard and wounding six other passengers. According to the Cuban Interior Ministry statement, the speedboat passengers began shooting at the Cuban Coast Guard vessel when it approached them, wounding its commander. The fatalities occurred when the Cuban ship returned fire. Former President Bill Clinton claimed he had “no idea” about the crimes of deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, stating that he “saw nothing” that gave him pause. The former president also stated that Epstein hid his crimes “from everyone so well for so long,” adding that by the time his crimes finally “came to light with his 2008 guilty plea,” he had “long stopped associating with him.” ...the Epstein files detail how Epstein’s former assistant, Ghislaine Maxwell, had an “integral role in supporting the creation of the Clinton Global Initiative.” Maxwell has also been reported to have attended the wedding of Chelsea Clinton. Epstein reportedly “visited the White House a number of times during the Clinton administration,” and the former president reportedly “took four international trips on” Epstein’s plane in both 2002 and 2003, according to public logs, the outlet reported. Epstein, who is described as a “Democratic donor” also reportedly supported both the former president’s “1992 political campaign” and Hillary Clinton’s “Senate campaign in 1999,” according to the outlet. President Trump on Friday suggested a “friendly takeover” of Cuba could be underway as his administration squeezes the Cuban government with an oil blockade. While speaking to reporters as he departed the White House to deliver remarks on energy in Corpus Christi, Texas, Trump floated the idea of a takeover. “Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba,” Trump said. “We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba.”
Dr. Oz: Cuban Migrants Escape to Havana with Millions in Stolen Medicare Cash:
Report: Patel Removes Multiple FBI Employees Connected to Trump Mar-a-Lago Investigation:
Cuban Coast Guard Opens Fire on U.S.-Registered Speedboat, Four Killed:
Bill Clinton Feigns Ignorance of Epstein Crimes in Testimony:
WATCH: Trump Says US “Could Very Well End Up Having a Friendly Takeover of Cuba” – “They’re in Big Trouble”