A semi-annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General to Congress has found that corporate executives, rather than immigrants or small immigrant-oriented healthcare providers, are responsible for the vast majority of alleged fraud in the American healthcare system, The Intercept reported.

For more than a year, the Trump administration has sought to blame immigrants for widespread health care fraud, with administration officials suggesting that immigrant communities are draining resources and raising costs by defrauding the federal government. The allegations played a key role in the administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota over the winter.

The inspector general's report, which covers enforcement actions over a six-month period and was released earlier this month, highlights billions of dollars' worth of healthcare fraud from corporate executives, according to the findings.

Fraud in the C-Suite: what the watchdog actually found

According to The Intercept, one CEO, the report details, ran a scheme to target Medicare beneficiaries with medically unnecessary medical devices. An insurance broker and marketing executive orchestrated an Affordable Care Act enrollment scam that preyed on vulnerable people experiencing homelessness and substance abuse.

While the report focuses on corporate fraudsters, immigrant communities remain at the center of the administration's public fraud campaign, according to the document.

Experts on immigrant rights and healthcare said the administration is using immigrants as a scapegoat for systemic fraud in the healthcare system that can be attributed to corporate greed, while shielding actual bad actors who profit from a broken system.

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