Man's Wild Kidnapping Spree Across Orange County

0:00Linyani dropped a bombshell in front of Congress, exposing how scammers hijacked her Medicare to fake hospice in Roman. She got her plane pickleball, but her claim got denied because Frosters had signed her up for end-of-life care without her knowing. Turns out, she wasn't dying at all. Just targeted by shady operators billing Medicare big time. She tracked the scam to a strip mall hospice in Los Angeles County, even digging up a surgeon whose ID got stolen to sign off on it. Doctors told her to appeal, which could have dragged on for a year, but with help from advocates, she finally got a new card and back to physical. Therapy. Still, she says the system's broken, leaving folks high and dry. This hits home after a 2020 probe uncovered hordes of older Americans, getting roped into fake hospice by crooks in California. The states slapped a moratorium on new licenses to clean house, but years later, those fixes are still on the shelf, letting scams run wild. As ford, the Trump team is cracking down hard.

1:02Centres for Medicare and Medicaid services hid Mehiv Oz, hit LA, and now 450. Hospices there are suspended from payments, thanks to a task force with Vice President J.D. Vance. But insiders say frauds exploding nationwide, not just Cali. Experts like Sheila Clark from the California Hospice Association warn scammers keep popping up with red flags like clustered addresses and wild. They want federal folks to act faster up front before vulnerable people lose care and taxpayers with the bill time to plug these holes for real. From your city, powered by AI, this is California News Today.