In June 2026, federal prosecutors arrested Oren David Shachar, an Israeli national living in Van Nuys, California, for orchestrating a $27.7 million Medicare fraud scheme through a network of sham hospice entities, including one named "Holly Trinity Hospice."
Shachar, whose non-citizen status has drawn significant public and political attention regarding fraud committed by foreign nationals, worked with accomplices to steal the identities of recently deceased individuals.
By paying illegal kickbacks to mortuary and funeral home workers for this personal data, Shachar billed Medicare up to $33,000 per patient for end-of-life care that was never provided.
The stolen taxpayer funds were used to finance a lavish lifestyle, including a down payment on a $530,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom. This high-profile arrest was a key part of a massive federal health care fraud takedown targeting rampant hospice licensing loopholes in Los Angeles County.
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