program, including program audits. we analyzed patient billings, even watched clinics undercover to see who was getting treatment and who wasn't. the result, we found that in the last two fiscal years, half of the nearly $186 million spent for drug medi-cal, about $94 million, went to clinics that have shown questionable billing practices or signs of fraud. case in point, the man with the cigar, a convicted felon named alexander ferdman. >> ferdman was the organizer. >> marshall vote was the lead investigate who helped prosecute ferdman back in 2000 for running a texas-based crime syndicate that staged car crashes ripping off big insurance companies. >> he listed his occupation as a -- >> driver of an ice cream truck. ferdman pled guilty to organized crime and was sentenced to seven years in a texas prison.