Largest Atlanta TV station promotes their investigation into Narconon

[AnonyMary]

Narconon Desmond Case hits the news locally this week. Keep your eyes and ears posted. This is more than regional. This story will be going national in a matter of time.

Here is the first to hit the wires, a promo for Monday's Report from Atlanta Channel 2 wsbtv "Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleisher reveals secrets the program fought to protect. Insiders blow the whistle on problems the state ignored for years. And the connection to the Church of Scientology." Looks like it will have interviews with Mrs. Desmond and Luke Catton. see video
http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,11501.msg26265.html#msg26265

Tipping Point poster wynot says:

"Just a note for our compadres in other climes; WSB, local channel 2 is the largest and most watched local news operation in the large Atlanta viewing area. A headlined story by them will be seen by at least several hundreds of thousands of people in North Georgia. And odds are they will have companion stories in their local newspaper (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), and, more widely-reaching, on their 50,000 watt clear channel AM broadcasting arm, which (at night) can be heard by millions of people throughout the south-eastern US!"

 

[AnonyMary]

UPDATE: This is going to be one of the most important weeks in the history of exposing Scientology's Front Groups. Be on the look out for multiple media reports, expecially coming out of the State of Georgia. We're talking documentation of RICO claims, use of state government officials to cover up crimes and license violations.

First, the upcoming WSB tv investigation; Their investigative piece airs Monday at 5 pm.

You can watch live at
http://www.wsbtv.com/s/news/live/

For the latest info, visit this thread
http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,11501.msg26263.html#msg26263

For the latest documents just released, including the documents the judge recently ordered unsealed, much to Narconon International's opposition and fear, visit this thread. Exhibit A contains NN GA's ED Mary Rieser's Things That Shouldn't Be Report to NN Int proves that they hid records and that a lot of bad things were going on at Narconon of GA.
http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,8408.msg26302.html#msg26302

 

[AnonyMary]

Multimedia Investigation into Narconon begins - LIVE STREAM

*Multimedia Narconon Investigation begins!!

First, Tune in, tomorrow morning. 6:15 am and 7:45 am (EST) WSB Radio. LIVE STREAM
http://www.wsbradio.com/s/narconon/

Reporter Pete Combs began investigating Narconon of Georgia after learning of the lawsuit filed against the drug rehab organization by the family of Patrick Desmond.

About This investigation
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/local/about-wsb-investigation/nSQNF/

Who was Patrick Desmond
http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/local/who-was-patrick-desmond/nSQM7/

*Joining WSB’s Pete Combs in this investigation were WSB-TV Reporter Jodie Fleischer and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Reporter Christian Boone. Their reports are running concurrently on Channel 2 Action News and at www.ajc.com.

UPDATE:
ethercat wrote

CBS Radio broadcasts are in addition to WSB! This story is getting nationwide coverage.

The story will first air on WSB Radio Monday morning at 6:15 and 7:45. The web will be live early in the morning with the first two of six stories produced (wait for the last one, it's a doozy!). It was radio's story to begin with so we get to go first.

So I interpret this to mean: Be awake Monday morning at 6:15 for the first part, 7:45 for the second part, and the other 4 parts will air the following days.

For Atlanta people: Tune in to 750 AM or 95.5 FM.

For people elsewhere: You can listen to the WSB Radio segments live at: http://www.wsbradio.com/
Click the Listen Live button at the top of the page. Mine works now with no nonsense, no special audio settings. Check out yours ahead of time, these will be relatively short segments during "drive time."

http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,11501.msg26354.html#msg26354

 

[SweetnessandLight]

 

[AnonyMary]

I just added this update!

UPDATE:
ethercat wrote

CBS Radio broadcasts are in addition to WSB! This story is getting nationwide coverage.

The story will first air on WSB Radio Monday morning at 6:15 and 7:45. The web will be live early in the morning with the first two of six stories produced (wait for the last one, it's a doozy!). It was radio's story to begin with so we get to go first.

So I interpret this to mean: Be awake Monday morning at 6:15 for the first part, 7:45 for the second part, and the other 4 parts will air the following days.

For Atlanta people: Tune in to 750 AM or 95.5 FM.

For people elsewhere: You can listen to the WSB Radio segments live at: http://www.wsbradio.com/
Click the Listen Live button at the top of the page. Mine works now with no nonsense, no special audio settings. Check out yours ahead of time, these will be relatively short segments during "drive time."

http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,11501.msg26354.html#msg26354

 

[AnonyMary]

Tonite's WSB 2 TV News Report Part 1 by Jodie Fleischer. Very damning!

2 Investigates: Patient death at Georgia Narconon ( includes video of show)
Death raises about questions about Scientology-linked program's license .

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/2-investigates-patient-death-georgia-narconon/nSQwp/

mefree at Reaching For the Tipping Point forum wrote:

Wow, they covered a lot of territory in a short period of time!

They interviewed Patrick's Mom, Colleen Desmond, Randy Taylor, and Lisa Mooty, the Florida drug court supervisor. Mary Rieser informed us about how Narconon's clients lie, while she held her hands down on the desk to keep from shaking and told her lies. She claimed she never represented Narconon as a residential facility, yet websites and Lisa Mooty claimed otherwise.

Last but not least, WSB made mention of the Department of Community Healthcare's division of Healthcare Facility Regulation and their lack of action, despite multiple complaints, over the course of a decade.

Win after win!

http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,11501.40.html

 

[AnonyMary]

WSB Radio
Narconon Under Fire
By Pete Combs

The lawsuit filed by Patrick Desmond’s family against Narconon of Georgia is one of several filed against the drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. [..] Read on for more. Dox included.

http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/narconon-under-fire/nSQ27/

 

[AnonyMary]

Pete Combs, WSB 'Mary Rieser out as ED Narconon GA'

Pete Combs ‏@Reporterpete

Award winning radio journalist based in Atlanta, reporting for the nation's #1 News-Talker: WSB AM750 and now 95.5FM, as well as for CBS Radio News Atlanta, Georgia USA · http://wsbradio.com

Facing court battle over patient death, license revocation and insurance fraud investigation, Exec. Dir. Mary Reiser out at Narconon of Ga

 

[AnonyMary]

The media effort to investigate Narconon of Georgia and Narconon International...

The media effort to investigate Narconon of Georgia and Narconon International is spearheaded by three reporters: Christian Boone of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jodie Fleischer at WSB-TV and Pete Combs at WSB Radio. They’ve worked together in a unique collaborative venture to dig through mountains of data on Narconon and continue their investigation now, five months after it began.

Thursday, their stories will appear in the AJC (www.ajc.com), on WSB Channel 2 Action News (www.wsbtv.com) and on News-Talk WSB (www.wsbradio.com).
You can search the web for their stories. WSB Radio Reporter Pete Combs’ stories are aggregated here: www.wsbradio.com/s/narconon

 

[CommunicatorIC]

From WWP: https://forums.whyweprotest.net/community/threads/narconon-of-georgia-and-allegations-of-insurance-fraud.108560/

Narconon of Georgia and allegations of insurance fraud

Posted: 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013

By Pete Combs

Already facing a wrongful death and civil conspiracy lawsuit in the 2008 overdose of a patient and battling revocation of its license by state regulators, Narconon of Georgia is now being investigated because of allegations of insurance fraud.

In a joint investigative enterprise with Channel 2 Action news and the AJC, News-Talk WSB has uncovered allegations that the Scientology-based drug and alcohol rehab program headquartered in Norcross is accused of trying to bill United Health Care $166,000 for treating 19-year old Emily Morton of Rome, Ga.

Emily’s mother, Mary, wrote a $15,000 check – payment up front and in full – to enroll her daughter in the Narconon program in March, 2012. Her family also signed an agreement with Narconon that stated the complete cost of treatment was $15,000 .

Shortly after Emily began treatment at Narconon, Mary said she had an encounter with Executive Director Mary Reiser.

“She confronted me and said, ‘Your insurance hasn’t reimbursed anything for Emily’s stay,” Morton said. “I told her, if they reimbursed at all, they would reimburse us (the family) because we paid in full. And she said she wasn’t aware of what our contract was.”

Her curiosity piqued, Morton began checking her insurance records. She was astounded at what she found. Narconon had billed her insurance company, United Health Care, more than $166,000.00 for Emily’s treatment, in spite of the signed documents that said Mary had paid the bill in full.

“They were billing for doctor visits – one amount was for $58,000.00. And she never even saw the doctor,” Morton said.

The doctor visits were billed under two names: Dr. Casey Locarnini at the Dunwoody Urgent Care Clinic and Dr. Lisa Robbins at the Robbins Health Care Alliance in Stone Mountain.

When asked about billings for treatment of Emily Morton, Dawn Warner, an employee of Robbins Health Care Alliance, emailed the following statement:

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We have NEVER authorized Narcanon or anyone associated with Narcanon to bill ANY insurance under Dr. Robbins. We have NOT seen any of Narcanon's students in several years. Since this does not effect the privacy of our patients, I can tell you we never seen a patient named Emily Morton. If they indeed did bill under Dr. Robbins this is insurance fraud. I would like to find out how many times they have done this sort of thing. I simply can not believe that Narcanon would have the gaul to try something like this again. Thank you for your assistance.

Similarly, News-Talk WSB received a statement from Douglas Chalmers, Jr., an attorney who represents Dr. Locarnini:

"A number of weeks ago, Dr. Locarnini provided notice that he was terminating his contract with Narconon. This past week, he retained our law firm to fully investigate the billing issues that have been brought to his attention…. For a variety of reasons, including protecting the privacy and confidentiality of his patients, he is not able to comment further at this time."

THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATES

“Sounds like a problem to me,” said Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens when he learned of Emily Morton’s story. Hudgens said he has opened an investigation into Narconon of Georgia so that “we can determine whether or not insurance fraud has taken place.”

Hudgens said he has assigned a team of investigators under the supervision of Fraud Division Chief Drew Lane to look into allegations of wrongdoing on the part of Narconon of Georgia.
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More at link: http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/special-reports/narconon-georgia-and-allegations-insurance-fraud/nT9nT/

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[AnonyMary]

More to come tomorrow!

 

[AnonyMary]

Ortega's Underground Bunker article of today about this

Ortega's Underground Bunker article of today about this, with more info, including details of upcoming trial ....
http://tonyortega.org/2013/01/30/sc...crumbling-executive-director-mary-rieser-out/

 

[degraded being]

Re: Ortega's Underground Bunker article of today about this

Ortega's Underground Bunker article of today about this, with more info, including details of upcoming trial ....
http://tonyortega.org/2013/01/30/sc...crumbling-executive-director-mary-rieser-out/

Ortega suggests to scroll down to the document "Things that shouldn't be". It is quite long, but a good read.
In it, Mary Rieser spells out, to her seniors, all the stuff that was not supposed to be happening. Lack of supervision, drug use, confused management, and quite a lot of Narconon and the Scientology org being very much in bed with each other; even stuff about ideal orgs.

 

[secretiveoldfag]

Wonderful stuff.

I believe the point has tipped. The American media have now got their teeth into this story.

Thank you Mary and everyone else involved.