Hospice care scam has FBI issuing warning after 'huge increase in complaints'
05/02/24 at 03:00 AM
Hospice care scam has FBI issuing warning after 'huge increase in complaints'
ABC TV 13, Houston, TX; by Samica Knight; 4/29/24
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.