special agent for over 20 years. i have seen a lot of crazy. but this was just bat [ bleep ] crazy. i would say so. joining us now, the director. thanks for being with us. this is a wild story about these twin brothers who essentially became drug kingpins. you have been following them for years. how did you first hear about them? what were they up to? living large, it looks like. well, thank you for having me. yes, in 2009 i started reporting on the opioid crisis. i started reporting about the pain clinics in florida that were handing out oxycodone like they were tic tacs. the most famous at the time and most prolific was american perpain. i went there to film it. i got one shot off. the next thing i knew, i was surrounded by big dudes. they chased me and my production crew down i95.
the police broke us up. before they sped off, i took down the license plate. that s the first time i heard of chris george and his identical twin brother jeff who were the masterminds and the initial people to come up with this massive pill mill scheme that many others later emulated. it s fascinating. the film shines a bright light on what the brothers were do, the deadly consequences for thousands of people. how did you convince them to participate in the film? it took a long time. like i said, in 2009, about nine months after they chased me down i95, they became the target of the largest prescription drug trafficking case in u.s. history. there was a long investigation. they went to trial. they pled out. then some doctors went to trial. eventually, they wound up in prison. while they were in prison, i wrote a letter. remember that guy you chased down i95?