NEWSNATIONNOW (Brian Entin) - Families call for accountability in Arizona sober living fraud
Advocates say sober living homes targeting Native Americans led to thousands of rapes and deaths.
Advocates say sober living homes targeting Native Americans led to thousands of rapes and deaths.
It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.
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Reva Stewart tells “Jesse Weber Live” she began investigating an Arizona Medicaid scam after her cousin was effectively kidnapped by operators of a fake sober living home who gave her drugs and alcohol. Now, the Navajo advocate says she feels she may be in danger: “I’ve been followed. I’ve had all four of my tires slashed on my vehicle.” #NativeAmericans #Fraud #Medicaid "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
A massive, alleged fraud scheme unfolding right now in the United States, one with allegations of human trafficking, exploitation and even death. Scammers are allegedly recruiting, and in some cases kidnapping, vulnerable people with promises of free addiction treatment, then moving them into fraudulent sober living homes using their names and health benefits to bill Medicaid for treatment never provided. Jesse takes you inside Arizona's sober living crisis as he talks with attorneys representing the alleged victims. It's an interview you'll only see here. Plus, new legal developments in two big cases: the Ohio "House of Horrors," and the mysterious disappearance of retired four-star general Neil McCasland. Lauren Conlin joins Jesse with…
Attorneys representing as many as 7,000 victims say scammers targeted vulnerable Native Americans with promises of free addiction treatment, transporting them to fraudulent sober living homes in Arizona where providers billed Medicaid up to $8,000 a day per person for care never provided. Advocates and attorneys say the scheme may have cost taxpayers as much as $12 billion, with as many as 2,000 people dead or missing. Attorneys John Brewer and Dane Wood join "Jesse Weber Live." "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
Authorities have charged eight migration background men with a total of 41 offenses related to child sexual abuse and exploitation in Wales, spanning over a decade of alleged crimes.
Authorities have charged eight migration background men with a total of 41 offenses related to child sexual abuse and exploitation in Wales, spanning over a decade of alleged crimes. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Eight men have been charged with a total of 41 offenses, including rape and child sexual abuse, following an investigation into a grooming gang that operated in South Wales during the 1980s and 1990s. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorized the charges after a long-running investigation by Gwent Police, known as Operation Oak. DETAIL: The men, Shafaq Mohammed, 58, Syed Mohammed Ashan Taqvi, 65, Mohammed Sheikh Abdul Hannan, 54, Kevin Lawrence, 54, Sheikh Mohammed Tahir Ullah, 73, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, 58, Shakeel…Open
'Exploitation will not be tolerated'