COLUMBUS, Ohio — FBI Director Kash Patel unveiled the bureau’s new “Top 10 Most Wanted Fraudsters” list on Thursday, June 4, a public database of fugitives accused of massive financial crimes that he said was inspired by an idea from Vice President JD Vance.
“Thanks to Vice President JD Vance’s vision, he had an idea,” Patel said. “He said, ‘Hey, you guys have a top 10 most wanted list for all gangbangers, terrorists, narco-traffickers, murderers and rapists around the world. How about we have a top 10 list for most wanted fraudsters?’ So, Mr. Vice President, thanks to your vision, we’re here to deliver.”
Speaking at a news conference alongside Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other officials, Patel described the list as a new tool to harness tips from the public and target offenders who have allegedly stolen tens of millions or even billions of dollars through wire fraud, money laundering, mortgage fraud and other schemes.
The list spotlights eight individuals whose alleged crimes are linked to more than $1 billion in losses in some cases, according to the FBI:
- Rodney Dean Allen, Wire fraud, alleged total losses: $7,300,000 (2016–2017)
- Christopher Burns, Mail fraud, alleged total losses: $10,000,000 (2020)
- John Michael Dimitrion, Mortgage fraud, alleged total losses: $1,300,000 (2005–2007)
- Julanne Balduzeta Dimitrion, Failure to appear / mortgage fraud, alleged total losses: $1,300,000 (2005–2007)
- Said Abdullahi Ereg, Wire fraud and money laundering, alleged total losses: $4,200,000 (2020–2021)
- Elaine Angene, Wire fraud and money laundering, alleged total losses: $32,000,000 (2020–2021)
- Herbert Kimble, Failure to appear (Northern District), alleged total losses: $1,200,000,000 (2014–2019)
- Michael Lizaro, Violation of parole release conditions; conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, alleged total losses: $34,000,000 (2015–2021)
Director Patel urged Americans to review the profiles and report any information.
“I want all Americans to take a look at these most wanted individuals and look at the amounts — the tens of millions and billions of dollars in fraud that they have decimated our societies from,” Patel said. “We rely on you, our best form of information, the American public. Let us know any information. There is no bad piece of information.”
The announcement came during a broader federal push against fraud that included the unsealing of charges against 14 people in Ohio cases involving an alleged $30 million Medicaid scheme targeting funds meant for children, as well as COVID-19 relief fraud and romance scams. Officials said the cases illustrated how fraudsters exploit government programs and vulnerable populations.
Patel shared that authorities have already recovered $8 billion from scam centers linked to the Chinese Communist Party and other adversaries: “Just in the last year, under the Trump-Vance administration and the fraud initiative, we have captured and freed $8 billion in fraud from scam centers that were stood up by the CCP and other adversaries…”
On May 26, Vice President Vance chaired a White House roundtable in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with representatives from 15 state attorneys general offices. The meeting, part of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud that Vance chairs, focused on Medicaid fraud and other schemes that officials said have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
Federal departments and agencies that are part of the taskforce to coordinate anti-fraud efforts across federal benefit programs and contracting are:
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Justice
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Labor
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Education
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Department of Homeland Security
- Small Business Administration
- Office of Management and Budget
- General Services Administration (joined May 28, 2026)
- Federal Trade Commission (serves at the leadership level as Vice Chairman)
Author: Mario Lotmore
