A last minute attack mailer and television commercial by candidate John Colbert were revealed to be a fraud.

The ad features a woman posing as a cancer patient and another woman posing as a doctor, claiming the Congressman denied the patient cancer medication, Rep. Adam Schiff’s campaign office told PanARMENIAN.Net.

But both the patient and doctor we revealed to be models, whose images were purchased from an online photo catalogue by Colbert for $14. Health advocates were outraged that Colbert would falsify an ad on something as serious as cancer to smear an opponent. In fact, Congressman Schiff helped write California's patient bill of rights. After the fraud was revealed, Colbert cancelled his remaining TV appearances.