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okay Gabby thanks tonight A Scottdale
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couple is accused of being at the center
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of a $900 million Health Care scam that
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targeted dying hospice patients the
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Department of Justice said that the
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suspects used a large chunk of that
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money to fulfill their lavish lifestyle
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12 News journalist Chase go lightley is
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joining us live in Scottdale outside of
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one of the homes that the authorities
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say they purchased with that money
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Chase creay markets a beautiful $6
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million home that sits right next to
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Camelback Mound but while the lights are
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on the owners aren't home that's because
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they were arrested and charged with
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fraud they're known as the Scottdale
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power couple that live a life of luxury
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but the Department of Justice claims all
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that luxury for Jeffrey King and
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Alexander giry came from the pockets of
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the taxpayer in a massive Health Care
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scheme that lasted 2 years according to
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this Federal indictment the couple
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through companies they owned caused
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nearly a billion dollars worth of
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fraudulent claims to Medicare targeting
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terminally ill hospice patients by
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giving them unreasonable and unnecessary
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skin graphs the document claims some
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patients died the day of the procedure
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it is outrageous and it's really
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disgusting to Dana Kennedy the Arizona
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director of AARP has covered countless
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Medicare fraud cases before but has
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never seen anything like this the fact
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of what they did with the money is also
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outrageous she's talking about the $330
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million King and gery reportedly
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received in illegal Kickbacks money
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prosecutors say was used to fund their
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lavish lifestyle including the purchase
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of this Scottdale home neighbors tell me
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they didn't know much about the couple
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just that they moved into the $6 million
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home a few months ago but what they did
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notice is all the luxury cars they had
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parked in the driveway like a $300,000
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Ferrari and multiple high-end
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mercedes-benzes that have all now been
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seened including their Scottsdale home
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another home in Tempe high-end watches
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gold bars jewelry and $52 million taken
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from multiple bank accounts leading to a
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grand total of more than $70 million
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seized for the Scottdale couple it ended
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at Phoenix Sky Harbor authorities say
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they were just about to board a flight
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heading out of the country when they
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arrested now the big question tonight is
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where's the rest of the money well
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prosecut address that saying that
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there's still tens of millions of
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dollars that they haven't yet seized and
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it's actually still in the possession of
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these suspects so when one of them asked
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be released from jail ahead of their
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trial prosecutor said no that shouldn't
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happen they're a major Flight Risk
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because they still have that money and
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also when authorities were searching the
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belongings they found books on how to
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disappear and also how to delete your
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digital footprint will continue to
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follow this case as it develops we're in
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Scottdale tonight Chasco lightly 12 News
