oluno s drug rehab business here in southern california has been part of the largest medicaid program in the nation. paid for with federal and state dollars. a one-year investigation by cnn and the center for investigative reporting found the rehab portion of that program, called trug medical is rife with fraud. has operators who bill the government for made up clients. and often get away with it. joy jarfors saw plenty of fraud in the nine years she spent working as a supervisor over drug medical. i believe the word got out that there was easy money to be made in the outpatient drug free system. reporter: how bad is it? it s bad. it was real bad. i left state service about three years ago. and we would have one provider that would bill for over $1
best in country. reporter: are you concerned that there is massive fraud because that s what we re finding out? can you have toby douglas sit down and talk to us about our specific questions? would you get security for me? our confrontational exchange may have been a major trigger for a major statewide crack down. 16 drug medi-cal centers are under investigation and temporarily suspended. just this week, california announced that figure has now jumped to 29 rehab centers. last week, california relented to cnn s interview requests. karen johnson tried to explain why it has taken so long. we are going to review all of
reporter: hey there, brooke. this is a suspected murder mystery that has rocked pittsburgh involving two star doctors. a husband and a wife. and after a three-month investigation police allege the doctor murdered his wife, dr. autumn klein, a lethal dose of cyanide. he s sitting in the jail behind me facing criminal charges he denies. new details in the suspected murder mystery. for the first time we re hearing how the doctor allegedly prepared his wife creatine regimen. he prepared five crams of creatine in the morning to take in the morning or evening by mixing it into a sugary drink or putting it on her toast. she was so kind, compassionate. reporter: debbie remembers her 41-year-old doctor. the head of women s yurology at
operatives involved in the agency s missions in libya have been subjected to frequent, even monthly, polygraph examinations, according to a source with deep inside knowledge of the agency s working. the goal of the questioning, according to sources, is to find out if anyone is talking to the media or congress. it s being described as pure intimidation with the threat that any unauthorized cia employee who leaks information could face the end of his or her career. exclusive communications obtained by cnn, one insider writes, you don t jeopardyize yourself. youer jeopardier diz your family as well. another says you have no idea the amount of pressure being brought to bear on anyone with knowledge of this operation. agency employees typically are polygraphed every three to four years. never more than that. reporter: the rate of this kind of polygraphing is rare, according to former cia operatives, including robert
alexander ferdman. convicted for running an organized crime ring in texas that ripped off insurance companies. it hasn t stopped him from coming to california, setting up a drug rehab clinic, and billing taxpayers. even though felons are barred from running drug medi-cal centers. mr. ferdman, how can a guy with a record like you be operating a drug rehab clinic here in kra rah? you ve been convicted of a major insurance car crash scheme in texas. i was convicted. but it s not what it seems. reporter: in the last two fiscal years, taxpayers spent nearly $186 million. supposedly treating drug and alcohol abuse patients in california. our investigation, with the center for investigative reporting, found half of that money, or about $94 million, has gone to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. joy jarfurs, former drug