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04/30/2024
Hospice care scam has FBI issuing warning after 'huge increase in complaints'
ABC 13 Eyewitness News
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigations is warning about a scam in which crooks sign people up for hospice care without their knowledge. The FBI has received numerous reports from victims in the Houston area about this costly scam.
"It's a little bit more egregious and distasteful than some of the other Medicare frauds we typically deal with," FBI Supervisory Special Agent Shannon Brady said. "We've had a huge increase in complaints."
Fraudsters are actually signing mostly elderly victims up for end-of-life hospice care when they don't need it and without the victim even knowing about it.
The victims' insurance is typically billed thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars before they're ever aware they're a victim.
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