Smoke, Mirrors, and Medical Bills

The Opportunist

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True Crime, Talk Radio

4.6 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

John Hunter Raines was a trusted CFO overseeing millions in public funds meant to support families of children with severe birth injuries in Virginia. The Opportunist investigates how he quietly exploited the system for personal gain—while the families he was supposed to help were left fighting for scraps.

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1:10.0	On the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia, eight miles from downtown and the tobacco-built high-rises,
1:16.6	John Hunter Raines sits at his desk, staring at his computer screen.
1:20.6	It's an anonymous office park, a six-story blue glass building that houses the Virginia Birth Injury Fund, a compensation program created to support families affected by birth-related neurological injuries.
1:33.3	We're referring to injuries sustained during labor or delivery that include severe, permanent motor, or cognitive impairments.
1:41.3	These are lifelong issues, not minor or temporary injuries.
1:47.0	Raines is the chief financial officer, the man who watches the money.
1:52.0	Staring at his computer screen, he's looking at the bank accounts of the fund, which have balances
1:57.0	in the multi-multimillions. His mouse hovers over the big button at the bottom, the transfer button.
2:04.5	If he clicks it, Raines will be initiating an infusion of cash that benefits one person, himself,
2:11.9	because the destination of that money is his own personal account.
2:16.2	If he closes the window, it's nothing more than a brief dalliance with a felony, a moment
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