DOJ Recovers Billions in Massive Healthcare Fraud Takedown

.@DAGToddBlanche announces charges against 455 defendants across 45 states and territories for healthcare fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs. pic.twitter.com/ofeHhUAbmX

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 23, 2026

Those, who are stealing from us day in and day out those days are OVER!

This should showcase to the WORLD the lengths that we will go as an interagency and as a taskforce to apprehend, arrest, and bring to JUSTICE anyone who steals our dollars that are meant for our most… pic.twitter.com/gbjhlUSzM4

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) June 23, 2026

… vulnerable citizens.

Today, under the leadership of @VP Vance and @DAGToddBlanche, we are announcing the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown involving 455 defendants charged in connection with $6.5+ BILLION in alleged fraud.

One person arrested by @FBILosAngeles in the Central District of… pic.twitter.com/6ZL9CiUnPv

— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) June 23, 2026

… California was Jeannie Choi, 57, of Torrance.

She is charged along with two other defendants—Oren David Shachar, 59, of Van Nuys, and Abraham Shin, 66, of Corona—with a hospice fraud scheme that caused Medicare to pay nearly $27 million in fraudulent claims.

Shachar allegedly exploited deceased Medicare beneficiaries by collecting their personal health data and medical records through meetings with surviving relatives. He then directed staff to use those identities to create false, backdated hospice records claiming evaluations and terminal certifications that never occurred.

Shachar paid Choi and Shin between $1,000 and $3,000 for each deceased beneficiary fraudulently enrolled in hospice care.

Shachar and Shin have pleaded not guilty and have a trial scheduled for August 11. Choi is expected to make her initial appearance and be arraigned today in Los Angeles federal court.

Public health programs intended to help the elderly and sick are being undermined by fraudsters, threatening the financial stability of these programs for all Americans. We are committed to rooting out the rampant fraud that has plagued our institutions for too long.