Task Force Raids and Shuts Down Four San Fernando Valley Clinics—9/2/11

The Health Authority Law Enforcement Task Force, which is made up of local, state and federal agencies, raided and shut down four San Fernando Valley clinics on Thursday, September 1, 2011. The clinics, upon investigation, were found to be engaging in Medicare fraud and serving as “prescription mills” from which fake prescriptions for the powerful pain killer OxyContin were issued. The raid resulted in three arrests as well as the seizure of computers, financial documents and patient records.

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