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Feb. 13, 2026 – Dr. Shomir Banerjee and six others have been arrested on multiple felony charges for hospice fraud, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Feb. 5. The seven are accused of stealing more than $3.2 million from Medi-Cal and Medicare over a period of eight years by enrolling people in hospice, some of whom were not ill and in some cases weren’t aware they had been enrolled. The Doctor was listed in a felony complaint filed in Monterey County Superior Court on Jan. 16, along with two other doctors based in Southern California, a nurse and three others listed as owners of hospice companies allegedly used to commit fraud. Banerjee and the other doctors were all identified as “medical directors” of the hospices.
One of the listed hospice owners, Flor Zulema Mora, also known as Flor Zulema Mora Saldana, appears to have purchased a Carmel Highlands home in November for $4 million. The 1925 Storybook home was featured in the Wall Street Journal as a “Home of the Week” in September. After Mora purchased the home it was voted as “Home of the Year,” by readers. Mora was interviewed for a story that ran Jan. 28, describing herself as working in healthcare.
Banerjee and Mora could not be reached for comment.
The defendants were each charged with two counts of making false or fraudulent claims and one count of conspiracy to commit a crime. The charges came with a special allegation of aggravated white collar crime enhancement, related to fraud and embezzlement. Three additional special allegations include theft over $100,000 and “continuous course of conduct.”
