Local woman arrested in connection with $1.5 million Medicaid fraud in Texas – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

DAYTON – A Dayton woman charged with allegedly stealing $1.5 million from the Ohio Medicaid program has been arrested in Texas after months on the run.

According to Attorney General Dave Yost, Janay Corbitt, a Dayton resident, was arrested by police and U.S. Marshals at a Dallas bus station on Thursday evening.

On May 14, Corbitt was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on eight counts, including first-degree counts of repeated corrupt activity, grand theft of $1.5 million or more, and identity fraud against a person of a protected class.

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Corbitt is alleged to have stolen the identities of several people in order to open and operate two fake behavioral health agencies in the Dayton area.

Investigators believe Corbitt also stole the identities of several licensed consultants and used their credentials to bill Medicaid for services that were not provided.

Corbitt was convicted of theft in 2019 under a separate Medicaid program.

She was ordered to pay $204,412.02 to the Medicaid program, but to date she has only paid $6,255. As a result of the conviction, she has been barred from participating in the Medicaid program.

Yost said they are working to bring Corbitt back to Ohio.

We will continue to follow this story.

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