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The founder of a Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment facility pleaded no contest today to running a $175 million fraudulent healthcare billing scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Christopher Bathum, 58, entered the plea to 14 felony counts: seven counts of grand theft, five counts of insurance fraud and one count […]
