keeping them honest. california legislators grilled diplomats from the drug rehab industry. if you note hearings centered on allegations of fraud in california s drug rehab program, a program that receives millions of your taxpayer dollars as well. our investigation found fraud so egregious, so bad that as a result 174 drug rehab locations were suspended with some even shut down. cnn s drew griffin repeatedly a long time tried to ask the people in charge of the program why they weren t doing more to stop the fraud. his reporting uncovered. nearly every turn, however, people just didn t want to answer. watch what happened when he finally tracked down an official named diana dooley who runned the agency that was supposed to oversee the rehab program. drew griffin with cnn.
14 of those have the same medical director. dr. howard oliver. one called able family 1 run bacon victed felon we revealed in our investigation. you can explain how can a guy with a record like you be operating it in california? to texas? i was convicted. but it s not what it seems. oliver says he didn t know and isn t expected to know the background of the people he works for. able family, meanwhile, has shut down. among the allegations against the drug rehab industry from our series, that bills were submitted for patients that do not have addiction, for patients that do not receive treatment and for patients that did not even exist. all treatments that would have been approved and signed by a
14 of those 56 clinic headquarters have the same medical director, dr. howard oliver. one called able family run by a convicted felon that we revealed in our investigation. you can explain how can a guy with a record like you, be operating a drug rehab clinic here in california? you ve been convicted of a major insurance car crash scheme in texas? i was convicted, but it s not what it seems. reporter: oliver says he didn t know and isn t expected to know the background of the people he works for. able family, meanwhile, has shut down. among the allegations against the drug rehab industry from our series, that bills were submitted for patients that do not have addictions, for patients that did not receive treatment, and for patients that did not even exist. all treatments that would have been approved and signed by a doctor, including all the patients at immaculate care where rosario falconer was an