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Welcome back. well, moments ago we showed you how taxpayers are being ripped off by some rehab clinics. it took weeks for drew griffin to get an interview with officials. they finally did sit down with us, and now there's a major crackdown on fraud in the state, but watch what had to happen first. >> george aluno shouldn't even be in california's drug rehab business. you seem to be at the center of fraud allegations here. >> no. >> he's been banned from billing medicaid since 2002 but it hasn't stopped him from billing the state of california. tim is accused of fraudulent practices at his drug...

>> it took an audit for me to know how deep it was, how deep fraud was going on there. >> other whistle-blowers came forward and claimed that so cal was committed drug medi-cal fraud by labeling teens with fake addictions. riverside county officials told us they didn't have an easy way to prove so cal was making up addictions. but the county pulled the clinic's funding anyway because so many of its clients were dropping out. that forced so cal to shut down. but the other clinic in los angeles county accused of similar practices remains open. just last year a county report on pomona alcohol and...

Still billing. we saw no one entering the center on wednesdays. >> we're going to go in. >> so we went in ourselves with hidden cameras. >> do you have rehab going on today? >> mondays, tuesday, and thursday and fris. >> mons, tuesday, thursdays and fridays. not wednesdays? >> there's no group on wednesday. today is wednesday. there's no group today? >> no. >> even though it's closed for rehab, pride has been billing for clients on wednesdays as these records show. including 60 on the day we went in with hidden cameras and found no clients there. as for tim, he told the county two years ago th...

A man named tim agindu who says his business is a pillar in our community. the fraud allegations, they came from disgruntled fired, ex employees. he wouldn't tell us anything. drew griffin with cnn. >> who are you? >> reporter: i just told you my name is drew griffin with cnn. your former employees say you are billing for county services you aren't performing. he left without talking to us. mr. ajindu, if you have nothing to hide, why are you taking off? we found case after case with a history of problems that are allowed to keep billing the state. tamera is a former counselor at pride health ...