Another Trump Pardon and Who’s the Worst Fraudster comtestant: Nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was convicted of a $39 million fraud, but Trump pardoned him just three months into a three-year prison term. He is just one of several nursing home operators convicted of fraud crimes who were pardoned by Trump.: The families of some patients in Schwartz’s nursing homes have been awarded millions of dollars from lawsuits. But they haven’t been able to collect from him. And now they never will. But he’s free!