What was built as a luxury townhome development with a zen garden, fitness center and lap pool became a sober living compound and a menace to the neighbors. Then, last week, police and social workers converged to help clear it out.Almost three dozen people were kicked out in informal evictions on Jan. 9 from the Canal on Baseline complex in Mesa for not paying rent.But the condo complex was caught up in a widespread scandal involving the massive defrauding of taxpayers and the exploitation of vulnerable, mostly Native American people.The scam, authorities say, involved stashing people who needed to beat drug or alcohol addictions in motels or at complexes like Canal on Baseline. Those responsible are accused of billing the state’s medical system for services without providing addiction therapy. …
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