Learn How to Recognize and Avoid Fraudulent Homes Ongoing sober living fraud cases in Arizona and California highlight the importance of being aware and informed of these types of schemes, especially when it comes to seeking help for addiction treatment. Sober living homes are essential in helping people in recovery transition to a better,
A jury convicted a former medical director, Dr. Mark Agresti, M.D., 59, of Palm Beach, of fraud concerning services provided at a sober home program he was involved in. The criminal case, Justice Department’s Sober Homes Initiative, is part of a series of investigations in Palm Beach County related to fraud. Fraud in the sober
When a person first decides to get help for addiction, the internet can be a godsend for finding help. Unfortunately, however, a disturbing new trend is causing people to fall for scammy treatment centers and doctors. The trend, the Washington Post says, is only getting worse, as new practitioners desperately pay for reviews so they
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office recently charged the co-founder and former executives of an addiction treatment network, accusing them of profiting off addicts by fraudulently billing insurance companies to the tune of 44 million dollars in insurance money for treatment, with little interest in helping addicted clients get clean and sober. The charges announced by
In the past year, there have been several exposes on a handful of addiction work camps that struggling addicts and small-time petty criminals have been sentenced to complete to avoid jail time or prosecution. The work camps are typically Bible-based instead of a theory or evidence-based, with the philosophy that a person with a substance
In Florida, Palm Beach Sober Home Task Force carried out a series of raids on shady sober homes earlier this month. On February 9, the sober homes task force arrested James Tomasso, the owner of three Palm Beach County drug treatment facilities Wednesday. Court documents say that Tomasso faces 25 counts of patient brokering. According
Florida is not new to scams when it comes to people trying to make a few quick bucks in the treatment industry. However, a doctor's criminal background is helping to show just how lax treatment regulations can be. Last November, at least six people involved in sober home management were arrested on charges stemming from
