A new page has turned on an old saga, after the company behind a formerly proposed methadone clinic in downtown New Bedford has been criminally charged with fraud and its CEO arrested.
The CEO of a chain of addiction treatment centers across southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island — including several on the SouthCoast — has been arrested and his company charged after an investigation into an alleged $15 million health care fraud scheme.
Michael Brier, seeking to locate a 'medical clinic' on Union Street in new Bedford, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.