The logo of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seen at the Los Angeles Federal Building on June 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff Lillian Mann 2:48 PM – Thursday, April 2, 2026
Early Thursday morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a married couple at their San Dimas, California, home for allegedly running a $7.45 million healthcare fraud scheme.
The couple, Amelou and Gladwin Gill—a doctor and a psychologist— own and operate 626 Hospice Inc., which conducted business under the name St. Francis Palliative Care in Anaheim, California.
Authorities say the couple’s jointly owned hospice reported an improbable 97% survival rate for terminal patients—a red flag that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identifies as a key indicator of potential healthcare fraud. Most hospice patients are in the final stages of terminal illness, making unusually high survival rates highly suspicious.
The Gill’s were arrested in a high-profile fashion after the FBI sawed through the metal front gate of their home, using loudspeakers to call them out of their house.
“We are enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for criminals who defraud American taxpayers,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “The defendants arrested this morning who are charged with stealing millions of dollars of health care benefits got caught and now face years in federal prison.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Donald Trump-appointed administrator for CMS, was on the scene when they were taken into custody. He alleged that the defendants used their daughter’s name as a ‘straw owner’ for the facility to bypass previous criminal background checks.
“CMS is done trying to catch fraudsters with their hands in the cookie jar—instead, we’re padlocking the jar and letting them starve,” said Oz. “This proactive approach will help us crush fraud, protect taxpayer dollars, and make sure the vulnerable Americans who depend on our programs get the care they need.”
Our task force isn’t wasting any time cracking down on fraud.
This morning in the LA area, federal law enforcement is taking down fraudsters who stole $50M+ from Americans by defrauding our healthcare and hospice systems.
The couple was the first of a series of arrests planned for Thursday, amidst the health care fraud crackdown known as the Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare Initiative (CRUSH).
CRUSH was officially launched in February 2026 by the CMS, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) following President Trump’s signing of the executive order that triggered the initiative in 2025. In February 2026, Vice President JD Vance was placed in charge of the anti-fraud initiative.
“The Southern California region is a high-risk environment for hospice-related and many other forms of health care fraud,” said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
While Medicare fraud is a distinct issue in Southern California, it is also a significant national crisis.
In 2023, the HHS office identified approximately $198.1 million in suspected hospice fraud alone. This drain on resources directly impacts American citizens, who fund healthcare for the elderly and disabled through their personal paychecks and insurance premiums.
“We’ve suspended hundreds of hospices today,” Oz said.
“In 10 weeks we’re getting close to what Governor Newsom did in four years,” Oz said, highlighting the scale and speed of the crackdown.
“Half of the 1800 [Los Angeles] hospices should not be in business,” says @DrOzCMS on the arrest of 8 individuals who allegedly schemed to defraud taxpayers out of more than $50 million.
