Under the leadership of Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (“MFCU”) yet again delivered exceptional results in 2025 by recovering more than $125 million for the State of Texas and securing 123 arrests and 180 indictments related to healthcare fraud.

In June of 2025, Attorney General Paxton’s MFCU played a major role in the largest health care fraud enforcement action in American history, which resulted in criminal charges against 30 defendants connected to more than a dozen fraudulent health care schemes in Texas. The schemes collectively accounted for more than $177 million in fraudulent billings nationally, $1.7 million in illegal kickbacks, and the unlawful diversion of over 10 million opioid pills.

Since 2020, the MFCU has recovered more than $1 billion in settlements, judgments, and restitution for Texas taxpayers. The MFCU receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $22,792,664 for fiscal year 2024. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $7,597,553, is funded by the State of Texas. Over the last 5 years, the OAG’s MFCU has achieved an extraordinary return on investment for Texas taxpayers.