Evan Ratliff

journalist, author of the “The Mastermind”

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Evan Ratliff on KCRW

Paul Le Roux ran an international online prescription drug network, selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of painkillers to Americans.

Paul Le Roux, the biggest criminal mastermind you’ve never heard of

Paul Le Roux ran an international online prescription drug network, selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of painkillers to Americans.

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