Michael Lohan is behind bars again after he was arrested for receiving more than $25,000 from a drug rehab scheme in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Lohan reportedly took payments from the Pride Recovery Center in Delray Beach in 2017 and 2018 in exchange for referring struggling drug addicts which included a woman he was dating at ay the time. Court documents state he received $5,000 from the rehabilitation clinic on May 4, 2018, and according to the New York Post, he is the 117th person to be involved and arrested for the particular case.
Palm Beach County officials called the case “patient brokering” where individuals recommend addicts to clinics in exchange for payment and State Attorney Dave Aronberg said in a statement that Lohan has been under investigation for a while. “Mr. Lohan was investigated by our Sober Homes Task Force and he’s being charged with receiving kickbacks for referring patients to drug treatment,” he said.
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The owner of Pride Recovery Center told police that Lohan was involved in the scheme after their arrest in hopes having leniency with their charges. Additionally, Lohan opened his own company called, Lola Recovery Ventures, where the rehab wrote a total of nine checks to between 2017 and 2018. He faces four counts of patient brokering and a conspiracy charge,