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===Narconon Georgia closed amid investigation for insurance fraud=== In April 2013, agents of the [[insurance commissioner]] of the U.S. state of Georgia and the [[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett County]] [[district attorney]]'s office searched the group's offices in [[Norcross, Georgia]], questioning employees as they arrived at work and [[Confiscation|impound]]ing more than a dozen computers and boxes full of documents.<ref name=wsb1>{{cite news|url=http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/crime-law/narconon-under-investigation-again/nXYyY/|title=Narconon under investigation again|publisher=[[WSB (AM)]]|date=26 April 2013|archive-date=May 1, 2013|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501075528/http://www.wsbradio.com/news/news/crime-law/narconon-under-investigation-again/nXYyY/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The insurance commissioner said during the investigation that, "We have credible information that indicates that [[insurance fraud]] is taking place with Narconon". The family of one patient said that the group was billing insurance companies for treatments that had never been given, and the doctors for whom the costs were being billed claimed never to have met the patient.<ref name=ajc1>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/search-warrants-executed-at-narconon-drug-rehab-cl/nXYzn/|title=Search warrants executed at Narconon drug rehab clinic|newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=26 April 2013|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508153845/http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/search-warrants-executed-at-narconon-drug-rehab-cl/nXYzn/|url-status=dead}}</ref> State investigators discovered nearly $3 million of insurance fraud at Narconon Georgia; in September 2013, the facility surrendered its state license in order to avoid criminal charges.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boone |first=Christian |date=25 September 2013 |title=Narconon of Georgia surrenders license, avoids prosecution |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/narconon-of-georgia-surrenders-license-avoids-pros/nZ7Sw/ |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |location= Atlanta, Georgia, USA |publisher=Cox Media Group |access-date= 9 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Fleischer |first= Jodie |date= 24 September 2013 |title= Insurer moves to drop Narconon of Georgia for fraud |url= http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/insurer-moves-drop-narconon-georgia-fraud/nZrM8/ |newspaper= WSB TV 2 |location= Atlanta, Georgia, USA |publisher= Cox Media Group |access-date= 7 April 2014 |archive-date= April 9, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140409004006/http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/insurer-moves-drop-narconon-georgia-fraud/nZrM8/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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