California Department of Insurance, Press Release, June 18, 2020
Five defendants charged with multiple felonies for preying on vulnerable substance abuse patients to bilk insurance company out of millions
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A joint effort by the California Department of Insurance and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has led to charges against five defendants in connection with a fraud ring allegedly designed to traffic vulnerable substance abuse patients from outside California into treatment facilities in Orange and Riverside counties and to bilk insurance companies out of millions of dollars.