19-04-2025
Twice-convicted Ohio woman sent to prison after third Medicaid fraud case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio woman could serve nearly a decade in prison after pleading guilty to theft and identify fraud felonies in a Medicaid scam.
According to the Ohio Attorney's General's Office, a Montgomery County woman previously banned from working as a Medicaid provider was sentenced for defrauding the program once again.
On March 17, Janay Corbitt, 36, of Dayton, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft and third-degree felony counts of identity theft. Corbitt was indicted in May after an investigation revealed that she stole multiple identities to open and operate two sham behavioral health-counseling agencies in the Dayton area.
The Attorney General's Office said that Corbitt stole the IDs of several licensed counselors, using their credentials to bill Medicaid for service that were never reported.
Corbitt, who was previously convicted of theft in 2019 and barred from the Medicaid program, was arrested in August at a bus stop in Dallas after she fled Ohio and had not been seen in months.
A Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge sentenced her to serve 6-9 years in prison and ordered her to pay $1.5 million in restitution.
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