Tommy, This is an example of what these guys are now involved in.I'm not saying that Philly is involved in this particular place that was raided today, though they may very well be, time will tell. It is widely known in the treatment community down here that these wise guys are involved in both pill mills and shady treatment centers who commit insurance fraud. The insurance fraud is very low risk in terms of prison time and offers a very high reward in a short period of time. Here is an example, these crooks will collect a urine sample from a patient for drug testing in a test cup that costs $20.00 and then send the sample to a lab that is also crooked and that they own. The lab will do no testing and then bill the insurance company for $1300.00 for each and every test that was never performed by a lab that has one employee and their only job is to answer the phone is someone calls. The insurance company will pay it without questioning it once the lab provides the phony documentation. This particular place had 200 clients who were getting tested a minimum of 3 times a week, we can all do the math.



By Kimberly Miller and Matt Morgan
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Update, 1:30 p.m.:

FBI raid targets sober home owner accused of fraud


A resident of the sober living housing said he was woken up early Thursday morning by someone banging on his door saying investigators were there.

Colton Cunningham has been living at Good Decisions Sober Living for about 10 months and said it has been helpful in his recovery. He said it gave him an affordable place to live that he wasn’t able to find in his home of Atlanta.

“This place has saved my life,” he said, adding that it’s scary because if he is forced to move, he doesn’t know where he would go.

He said it’s a good place to live where everyone knows each other and is friendly.

Update, 10:30 a.m.: Federal law enforcement agents raided the Green Terrace condominium this morning in West Palm Beach following a months-long investigation into a company that was converting the community into a sober home for recovering addicts.

In March, about 35 percent of the 84 units in the condo at the corner of Belvedere Road and Georgia Avenue were owned by Ken Bailynson, who is the president and registered agent of Good Decisions Sober Living.

An estimated 200 recovering addicts lived at Green Terrace, according to John Lehman, president of the Boca Raton-based Florida Association of Recovery Residences.

Lehman, who worked with law enforcement during the past six months on an investigation following accusations of insurance fraud, said the Good Decisions Sober Living Raid is the first of several in a crackdown on the proliferating facilities.

“Good Decisions is one of the very worst offenders,” Lehman said. “Their whole reason to exist was to bill insurance companies for outrageous monies for providing mediocre clinical services.”

Lehman said he provided information for the investigation, but does not know the specific details of what was found or when other raids will occur.

Update, 9:36 a.m.: FBI agents loaded boxes into a white van here and drove off. Many officers are still on the scene.

Jakob Heir, a resident there, said he was on his way to class when he saw agents outside the complex and received a text that told him he had two options. “Go into your units, or leave and don’t come back until it’s all done.”

He said the condos included a half-way house with over 100 people living there.

Original story: FBI investigators and West Palm Beach police are on the scene at Green Terrace condominiums on Georgia Avenue in West Palm Beach this morning.

The Palm Beach Post reported in March that a company that operates sober-living homes was amassing units at the Green Terrace condominiums. The Post reported that this unique business model for recovery houses was raising concerns about the impact on property values and crime.

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