Whistleblower - Season 2 Episode 5

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

Whistleblower – S02E01 – Chicago PD: Breaking the Code of Silence

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Episode 2

Whistleblower – S02E02 – Polygamy, Power and Profits: The Case Against the Kingstons

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Episode 3

Whistleblower – S02E03 – SeaWorld: The Case Against Captivity

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Episode 4

Whistleblower – S02E04 – OBGYN/Mortuary

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Episode 5 Current

Whistleblower – S02E05 – The Billion Dollar Back Surgery Scam: Patients in Pain and Peril

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Episode 6

Whistleblower – S02E06 – Bunny’s War: The Case Against the US Army Corps of Engineers; Opioid Lollipops: The Case Against Cephalon

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Episode Overview

Host Alex Ferrer uncovers the secrets of the billion-dollar back surgery scheme, one of the most complex, and dangerous, schemes to defraud workers' compensation insurance in California state history. At the center of the scheme were doctors who were being paid large kickbacks to steer patients into spinal fusion surgery at specific hospitals, including many cases where the procedures were medically unnecessary.