Fact Check: Armenian Business In Dr. Oz Video About Hospice Fraud Is A Bakery, NOT Scene Of Hospice Or Home Care Prosecutions

Feb 5, 2026 by: Lead Stories Staff

Is the business featured in a recent video by Dr. Mehmet Oz related to hospice and home care fraud in Los Angeles? No, that's not true. The business is a family-owned and operated bakery and market and there is no evidence that implicates the business in any fraud prosecution or to the hospice and home care industry. Several other businesses in the video had nothing to do with hospices or home care either.

The claim first appeared in a Jan. 26, 2026 video posted on Dr. Oz's official X (archived here) and Instagram (archived here) account as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It included the caption: "L.A. County has become an epicenter for health care fraud in America." It continued:

Criminals have corrupted the system so much that fraud is now almost expected. President Trump has made it clear: we will not tolerate the patient harm or taxpayer funded theft any longer. More to come.

(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/DrOzCMS/status/2016150183868878882.)

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In response to Oz's allegations, California Governor Gavin Newsom's office filed a civil rights complaint against Oz for what Newsom said were "baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California."