4 NEWS AT 6:00. OTHER NEWS TODAY: TWO MEDICAL OFFICES IN METRO DETROIT RAIDED BY THE FEDS AND NOW MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE ARE FACING CHARGES. Carmen: INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE PART OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME. IT'S A CASE THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. AND TODAY, IT LED TO RAIDS AT MEDICAL OFFICES IN CLINTON AND COMMERCE TOWNSHIP. CHAUNCY GLOVER JOINS US NOW. THE FEDS SAY IT INVOLVES DOCTORS AND PHARMACISTS, ALL WORKING TO LINE THEIR OWN POCKETS AT THE EXPENSE OF PATIENTS. Chauncy: THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT WAS GOING ON IS THE DOCTORS WERE LYING, THE PATIENTS WERE LYING AND THE PHARMACISTS WERE LYING AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAYING FOR ALL OF THIS DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE BEING CHEATED. NOW THE DEA HAS STEPPED IN AND NOW THEY'RE CRACKING DOWN ON THE DIRTY DEALS IN THE DOCTORS' OFFICES. I HAD A PHYSICAL TODAY. Chauncy: PATIENT AFTER PATIENT TURNED AWAY BY THIS SIGN. THE OFFICE IS CLOSED. THE FEDS CAME IN TODAY AND RAIDED THE PLACE. NOW DR. DANIEL JOINS A LIST OF 12 OTHER DOCTORS AND PHARMACISTS ACCUSED OF A BEING A PART OF BOB PATEL'S SCREAM, PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND MEDICARE FRAUD. IT'S A SHOCKER BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT DOCTOR. I'VE BEEN GOING TO HIM FOR YEARS. Chauncy: HE WAS CONVICTED LAST SUMMER FOR RUNNING AN ILLEGAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG EMPIRE ACROSS THE STATE, USING HIS PHARMACIES AS A FRONT AND WOULD GIVE KICKBACK AS AND BRIBES TO OTHER DOCTORS IN ORDER TO CONVINCE THEM TO WRITE FAKE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THOSE WITH MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND OTHER INSURANCE. A LOT OF THE DRUGS MADE IT TO THE STREET AND WERE SOLD AND HIRED RECRUITERS TO GET OTHER PATIENTS INVOLVED. TODAY, OTHER DOCTORS IN METRO DETROIT WERE CALLED TO THE CARPET, TOO. DR. RICHARD HAD HIS CLINTON TOWNSHIP OFFICE RAIDED. DR. RUBEN BENOTI. AND DR. KARL FOWLER, ALL ACCUSED OF GIRTY DEALS. I KNOW HE ISN'T. I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. Chauncy: THAT MAN WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS DR., DR. DANIEL THERE IN COMMERCE TOWNSHIP. A LOT OF PATIENTS COMING TO HIS DEFENSE SAYING HE IS A GREAT DOCTOR WHO ONLY GOES BY THE BOOK. THE DEA INVESTIGATORS THINK OTHERWISE. RIGHT NOW, PATEL ALSO BACK IN FEBRUARY, DR. PATEL WAS SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON. THOSE OTHER DOCTORS ARE SET TO GO TO TRIAL THIS JUNE. LIVE THIS EVENING, I'M CHAUNCY GLOVER. BACK TO YOU. Carmen: WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT WHEN THE OFFICES MIGHT REOPEN? Chauncy: THERE WAS A SIGN ON THE DOOR AT THE OFFICE THERE IN COMMERCE TOWNSHIP THAT SAID THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WOULD BE BACK OPEN THIS WEDNESDAY, BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE TELLING ME THEY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT WILL HAPPEN OR NOT BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, SO