program, including program audits. we analyzed patient billings, even watched clinics undercover to see who was getting treatment and who wasn t. the result, we found that in the last two fiscal years, half of the nearly $186 million spent for drug medi-cal, about $94 million, went to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. case in point, the man with the cigar, a convicted felon named alexander ferdman. ferdman was the organizer. marshall vote was the lead investigate who helped prosecute ferdman back in 2000 for running a texas-based crime syndicate that staged car crashes ripping off big insurance companies. he listed his occupation as a driver of an ice cream truck. ferdman pled guilty to organized crime and was sentenced to seven years in a texas prison.
about $94 million went to clinics that had shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. case in point, the man with the cigar. a convicted felon. he was the organizer. marshall vote was the lead investigator who helped prosecute alexander back in 2,000, for running a texas based crime syndicate, that staged car crashes, rips off big insurance companies. he listed his occupation as the driver of an ice cream truck. he was sentenced to seven years in a texas prison. he served just one year. was let out early for good behavior and ended up in california. even though felons are barred from running drug medical centers. ferdman soon opened a rehab
supervised. the attorney says oluno was a certified counselor himself, who was allowed to bill medicaid. despite that, the clinic voluntarily shut down july 1st, without explanation. cnn and the center for inve investigative reporting reviewed thousands of records including program audits. we watched clinics under cover to see who was getting treatment and who wasn t. the result, we found that in the last two fiscal years, half of the nearly 1$186 million spent for drug medi-cal about 194 million went to businesses that showcases of fraud. case in point, the man with the cigar. a convicted felon. he was the organizer. marshall vote was the lead
the attorney says oluno was a certified counselor himself, who was allowed to bill medicaid. despite that, the clinic voluntarily shut down july 1st, without explanation. cnn and the center for investigative reporting reviewed thousands of records including program audits. we analyzed patient billings and we watched clinics under cover to see who was getting treatment and who wasn t. the result, we found that in the last two fiscal years, half of the nearly $186 million spent for drug medi-cal about 194 about $94 million went to clinics that had shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. case in point, the man with the cigar, a convicted felon. he was the organizer. marshall vote was the lead investigator who helped prosecute alexander back in