Dr. Mehmet Oz was hit with a lawsuit by the owner of a family-owned Armenian meat market in California after he alleged that the small business has ties to the "Russian Armenian Mafia."
Anna Ivanyan, owner of Tigranakert Meat Market in Van Nuys, said that President Donald Trump's Medicaid services administrator damaged her reputation when he featured her business in a video posted on social media and alleged her business was involved in fraud in the Armenian community, TMZ reported.
Oz shared a video of himself driving around Los Angeles in January, pointing out and claiming widespread fraud among hospice and health care locations — specifically singling out Russian and Armenian-owned spots and saying Trump wouldn't tolerate the "mostly fraudulent" businesses.
"Ivanyan says Oz filmed right outside her business while laying this out ... making it look like her shop is part of a criminal operation — something she says is completely false," TMZ reported.
L.A. County has become an epicenter for health care fraud in America. 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. pic.twitter.com/JOp8ltimq8
— DrOzCMS (@DrOzCMS) January 27, 2026