WASHINGTON D.C.
A federal court unsealed an indictment of a man who was returned from Egypt to the United States on Dec. 14 to face fraud and money laundering charges, officials stated.
According to court documents and statements made during his initial appearance, Ahmed El Khebki, 62, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Egypt and Sudan, was returned to the United States by Egyptian authorities.
Court records indicate that El Khebki and his co-conspirators carried out a scheme to defraud the Kuwaiti Embassy Health Office in Washington, D.C.
The office arranged and paid for services provided by U.S. medical providers to Kuwaiti citizens who traveled to the United States for medical care.
El Khebki and his co-conspirators submitted fraudulent invoices to the Kuwait Embassy Health Office, where other members of the conspiracy signed checks drawn off the Health Office’s U.S. bank account made payable to shell companies created as part of the scheme.
In 2014, El Khebki fled the United States.
In 2016, two former employees of the Health Office plead guilty in federal court to conspiring with El Khebki and others to launder money embezzled from the Health Office.
HSI Washington, D.C. is investigating this case.