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Southern California Medicare hospice fraud case

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Federal prosecutors have charged Oren David Shachar, Abraham Shin, and Jeannie Choi in connection with an alleged multimillion-dollar hospice fraud conspiracy targeting Medicare in Southern California. The indictment alleges that between February 2021 and March 2026, the defendants controlled four hospice providers that submitted approximately $27.7 million in false claims, resulting in roughly $26.9 million in payments from Medicare. The scheme reportedly involved enrolling individuals who were not terminally ill, providing cash and gifts to maintain beneficiary participation, and using the personal information of deceased Medicare recipients to create backdated hospice records. Abraham Shin, a patient marketer, is accused of helping recruit beneficiaries, with marketers allegedly receiving monthly payments for living beneficiaries and higher amounts for referrals involving deceased individuals. ~~Shachar~~ Following their arraignment in a Los Angeles federal court on a 16-count indictment, a trial has been scheduled to begin on August 11. The prosecution intends to examine over five years of Medicare claims, hospice eligibility decisions, electronic medical records, and corporate banking activity. Shachar has pleaded not guilty to sixteen counts, while Shin has pleaded not guilty to seven counts. Both defendants have ~~entered not-guilty pleas and were~~ been released on bond.

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