PHONEIX (TNND) — Their photos were shared in a desperate attempt for answers from the people they left behind — Native Americans and others who advocates say were lured into fraudulent sober living homes in Arizona with promises of free help for addiction, only to be exploited, harmed and, in some cases, killed.
Families seek answers as Native patients allegedly trafficked into fake sober homes (TNND)
Advocates and attorneys say the scheme involved patient brokering and the placement of people into unsafe, unlicensed homes while scammers billed Medicaid for services that were never provided. The alleged fraud, they say, has cost the federal government billions of dollars, and advocates now estimate the total could reach $8 billion…