California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced Thursday that authorities charged nearly two dozen people suspected of carrying out a major hospice fraud scheme that defrauded the state of millions. 

Twenty-one people were charged for allegedly carrying out a sweeping scheme that targeted California’s Medicaid program, which is called Medi-Cal. Five were arrested, and over $757,000 in cash was seized, as part of “Operation Skip Trace,” in which authorities searched 10 locations in southern California to unravel the plot, according to Bonta’s office. The development comes after the Trump administration raised concerns about sweeping healthcare fraud it says is rooted in the state, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealing last month that the government has flagged the majority of California’s newly enrolled hospice agencies.