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The opportunity to take tens of billions of dollars and give them to different people for noble causes, the temptation will be overwhelming to anyone. >> sean: am i wrong in characterizing this as a kickback scheme? >> not at all. >> sean: am i wrong as the double kickback? >> i would say more. we actually looked at the numbers, the amount of money they raised for the president's election, the money they got back in texas pair money, they got a heck of return on their investment. for every dollar back, they got back $21,000 taxpayer money. >> sean: pretty sweet deal. it's hard for families try...

>> such activities not only siphon precious taxpayer resources, drive up health care costs, and jeopardize strength of the medicare program, they also victimize the most vulnerable members of society, the elderly, disabled, and impoverished americans. >> reporter: in houston, president of river side general hospital and his son are part of the seven arrests here. accused of running $140 million kickback scheme where patients got gifts but often no medical care. another focus, stopping widespread ambulance fraud where the government gets billed for unnecessary or often nonexistent trips. but fr...

Taxpayers could be dishing out lots of cash of late for food fraud at school cafeterias. the companies that decide what goes on your child's plate each day may be cheating them out of money. joining us is michael tanner from the cato institute. how big is this problem? >> it's not small. this case we're talking about $20 million and that adds up after a while. this isn't the first time that we've heard of the kickback scheme. it's not the first time that this company has been accused. this could add up to quite a bit in the long run. >> what they did, this is the group that we're looking at no...

Group. they poured millions of dollars into the legislative agenda. even against an outcry of many of their own members they were at the forefront of endorsing it and essentially making it happen in the first place. now they are exempt from many of the rules their competitors are forced to abide by. and it's costing these companies money at the same time the aarp are benefiting. there is a lucrative possible kickback scheme that was called to public attention last fall. a lot of republicans called attention to the fact that the premium controls that the obama-care law put into place again do n...

Convicted on twelve 39 counts including racketeering and money laundering plus he has to return all the money. >> absolutely never took a dime to send a kid anywhere. if that was the case that would have been in this trial. you don't think the government would have put me on trial for that if that was the case? never happened. never, ever happened. >> reporter: he faces up to 157 years in prison, but this morning he's home with his family until sentencing, a freedom sandy fonzo finds outrageous. >> are you kidding me? are you kidding me? i can't even take this! >> i know it won't bring my son ...