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The development comes days after Saxena ordered a CBI probe into the alleged supply of sub-standard drugs to Delhi government-run hospitals.

GPs are paid for patients on their list, meaning practices could be receiving millions of extra pounds for people who may not be real.

The security guard is seen pointing towards the doctor's office and even escorting the 'ghost patient' there.

Supervision. >> yes. >> youre the medical director. >> reporter: dr. oliver is in fact a very busy doctor. he runs a private practice, has been medical director at dozens of rehab clinics, and also has found time to appear on tv shows. >> 200-degree environment you would only survive just a few minutes. >> reporter: including as a frequent guest on cnns sister network hln as a medical expert for nancy grace. how he handles all this while overseeing the drug rehab of thousands of california drug ...

Supervision. >> yes. >> you are the medical director. >> he runs a private practice, has been medical director and has found time to afear on tv show shows. >> just a few minutes. >> including as a frequent guest on cnns sister network hln as the medical expert for nancy grace. how he handles all this while overseeing the drug reham of thousands of california drug medical recipients is easy, he explains. he doesnt actually see most of the people getting treatment, who he says are clients, by the...

Director. dr. oliver is a very busy doctor. he runs a private practice, has been medical director at dozens of rehab clinics, and also has found time to appear on tv shows. >> 200-degree environment, you would only survive a matter of just a few minutes. 3including as a frequent guest on cnns sister network hln as a medical expert for nancy grace. how he handles all of this, while overseeing the drug rehab of thousands of california drug medical recipients, is easy he explains. he doesnt actuall...

Particular facility has been temporarily closed down, lack of medical supervision. >> yes. >> youre the medical director. dr. oliver is a very busy doctor. he runs a private practice, has been medical director at dozens of rehab clinics and has found time to appear on tv shows. >> 200-degree environment you would only survive a matter of just a few minutes. >> including as a frequent guest on cnns sister network hln as a medical expert for nancy grace. how he handles all of this while overseeing...

Uncovered what appeared to be fraudulent documentation used for billing. a state auditor urged pride be shut down. not only did pride stay open, it got even more medi-cal money, more than $1 million in a year. in its most recent investigation brought on by yet another employee accusing pride of billing for ghost clients, county investigators found the allegations unsubstantiated. they couldnt prove it, but they did find the operation extremely troubling discovering missing paperwork, signed and ...

>> okay. >> godfrey? hes actually not here at the moment. >> pride counselor markita jones denied any wrongdoing. we wanted to ask about an investigation were doing, about ghost patients, people signing names, faking signatures and billing the state and the county for treatment thats not happening. do you know anything about that? >> no, i dont, because thats not going on at this us a. >> godfrey has never asked you to sign a form that says all these patients came here and they didnt come here? ...

Including evidence of ghost clients. two years ago, the county uncovered what appeared to be fraudulent documentation used for billing. a state auditor urged pride be shut down. not only did pride stay open, it got even more medi-cal money. more than $1 million in a year. in its most recent investigation brought on by yet another employee accusing pride of billing for ghost clients, county investigators found the allegations unsubstantiated. they couldnt prove it. but they did find the operation...