Health Care & Hospital Law
Sep. 1, 2021
Body brokers unlawfully profit off of vulnerable members of society
Doug Rochen
Partner
DiCello Levitt, LLP
Email: drochen@dicellolevitt.com
California Western School of Law
Earlier this year, an emerging and troubling societal problem got the Hollywood treatment. In the movie "Body Brokers," a person addicted to drugs is brought to Los Angeles for treatment. He soon learns the facility treating him does not exist to rehabilitate people. Instead, it provides cover for a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme where addicted people recruit other addicted people to seek treatment at the facility.
While the crime thrille...
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