cases to court, spearheaded by special agent derrick jackson. >> so our purpose is to go in there and find out who's at fault. not only are we going to lock you up, we're also going to get the money back and repay the taxpayer for the money that they paid. >> the affordable care act passed by congress in 2010, made it easier for jackson to detect and go after systematic abuse in nursing homes. he equates it to fraud. in a landmark case, atlanta nursing home operator george houser was criminally charged and convicted for submitting claims for care deemed so bad, it was worthless. >> it created case law to where we can start looking at these cases criminally because now we have a roadmap of success. it certainly should put any corporation on edge. if i was a corporation in this line of work, that's something i would be looking at to say now i can be held liable for some of the care that i'm giving.