LEAK: Scientology's Rehab Went from $5,000 to $2.5 Million in Insurance Revenue in One Year - 2013-04-03

LEAK: Scientology's Rehab Went from $5,000 to $2.5 Million in Insurance Revenue in One Year April 3, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Gary Smith We can hardly keep up with the documents that former Narconon officials Luke Catton and Eric Tenorio have been making public. The most recent is a stunning e-mail that Catton released yesterday, showing how much Scientology's flagship drug rehab facility, Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma, has turned to revenue from insurance companies to bolster its bottom line.

Catton gave us a copy of the e-mail, which he says he received from Narconon Arrowhead CEO Gary Smith early in 2010. Catton himself was once the president of Narconon Arrowhead, but he had left by this time and was operating numerous websites that directed new clients to Smith's facility. It was important for Catton to be kept up on what was happening at the rehab center, he says, and Smith's update was a crucial one.

In it, Smith explains that after Narconon Arrowhead had figured out ways to charge insurance companies for parts of its Scientology-based treatment program, revenue had gone through the roof.

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{{cite news | author = Tony Ortega | title = LEAK: Scientology's Rehab Went from $5,000 to $2.5 Million in Insurance Revenue in One Year | url = https://tonyortega.org/2013/04/03/leak-scientologys-rehab-went-from-5000-to-2-5-million-in-insurance-revenue-in-one-year/ | work = Underground Bunker | date = April 3, 2013 | accessdate = August 21, 2017 }}