Forty-two people were arrested in Arizona this week in 10 separate cases in connection with a nearly $3 billion sober living home fraud that targeted Native Americans and left thousands missing and dead.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the arrests on Wednesday, June 24, during a press conference. The charges range from fraudulent billing, theft and conspiracy to vulnerable adult abuse, manslaughter and negligent homicide.
as far away as Montana reported being kidnapped—forced into unmarked SUVs and vans under false pretenses, given alcohol and drugs such as fentanyl or methamphetamine, subjected to fraudulent mental health services, held prisoner, and eventually ejected onto the street or dropped off in remote rural areas with no means of transportation. Victims were enrolled in the American Indian Health Program through the state’s Medicaid agency, the Arizona Health…
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