California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the sentencing of Inland Empire Hospice operators, Ralph and Rochell Canales, for submitting false claims to the Medicare and Medi-Cal programs. Ralph was sentenced by the San Bernardino County Court to seven years and four months in state prison and was jointly ordered to pay $1,455,233, alongside his wife Rochell Canales. Rochelle was sentenced to one year in jail, and ordered to abstain from working with Medicare and Medi-Cal beneficiaries in a caregiver or fiduciary capacity and from working for any healthcare provider that receives funds from Medicare or Medi-Cal. The prosecution of these individuals was carried out by the California Department of Justice’s Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse.