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Billing. >> and that one provider was no isolated instance. over and over we found examples of fraud, not hidden fraud. this was happening in plain sight. for example, george. 19-year-old darshea miles was only 14 when she went to his rehab center along with her mother and three sisters. it's against the law to pay drug rehab clients, but that apparently didn't stop george. miles said he paid her and other clients $5 each tame thime theyd in for group counseling so he could charge medi-cal between $28 and $61 per signature. >> at first i didn't know it was illegal. i didn't know nothing -- i t...

>> we was going just to get the money to buy weed. so my whole thing was like, y'all was paying us to get high. >> the day after our interview, the state charged george and three of his employees at gb medical with grand theft in connection with more than 2,000 phony bills for rehab dating back to 2009. he's pled not guilty, but records show your tax dollars still paid him even after he was arrested and out on bail. his attorney blamed the billing practices on counselors and employees who were not well supervised. the attorney says george was a certified counselor himself who was allowed to bi...

Rehab program in california that gives an eye opening look at fraud and abuse. the program looks like a noble cause on paper. privately run rehab clinics get medicaid money. a year-long investigation by cnn and the center for investigative reporting has found a system riddled with fraud and poor oversight from billing for phony patients to allowing convicted felons to run rehab centers. because it's happening in california, it is big money. state and federal taxpayers are on the hook for tens of millions of dollars every single year. investigative correspondent drew griffin has this report. >>...

Convicted of student loan fraud, george should never have been allowed to even open this clinic called gb medical. i'm asking you a few questions. you seem to be the center of fraud allegations. >> no. >> have you been faking signatures onto sheets of paper and billing the state for the money? guess what else? he is facing felony criminal charges for ripping off the state. allegedly getting paid by taxpayers to rehab drug abusers who weren't even there. excuse me, sir, how can you bill the state for clients that don't exist? just one second, sir. we never saw him again. his drug rehab business...