What you need to know: Continuing California’s crackdown on hospice fraud following President Trump’s pardon of the man behind the biggest health care fraud in U.S. history, Governor Newsom and Attorney General Bonta today announced the state is bringing charges against organized crime groups that used stolen identities to defraud Medi-Cal hospice services in Los Angeles.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced with Attorney General Rob Bonta that California is taking decisive action to dismantle a large-scale identity theft and hospice fraud scheme targeting the Medi-Cal program in Los Angeles.
This joint enforcement effort — which began in 2024, prior to the Trump administration’s regulation rollback following President Trump’s pardon of the man behind the biggest health care fraud in U.S. history — led by the California Department of Health…
This type of fraud targets the supply chain and accounts payable departments of businesses.
- Invoice Manipulation: Criminals intercept a legitimate invoice between a supplier and a client and change the banking details to their own. The client pays the bill thinking they are paying their trusted vendor.
- Kickbacks and Bribery: A vendor secretly pays an employee of the purchasing company to ensure their bid is successful or to overlook inflated pricing.