Colossal hospice scheme cost California millions, officials say amid intensifying Trump feud

LOS ANGELES -- Twenty-one people are facing charges as part of a massive hospice fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked California's medical system out of $267 million.

Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced the results of an investigation called Operation Skip Trace. Five principal conspirators were arrested on suspicion of a host of felonies, including insurance fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and identity theft for their alleged role in a sophisticated hospice scam operating across Southern California.