U.S. Attorney’s Office announces charges filed as part of national health care fraud takedown

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today, Acting United States Attorney Kelly A. Norris announced criminal charges against a defendant in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. The charges filed in the Southern District of Ohio are part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. 

“This record-setting Health Care Fraud Takedown delivers justice to criminal actors who prey upon our most vulnerable citizens and steal from hardworking American taxpayers,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Make no mistake – this administration will not tolerate criminals who line their pockets with taxpayer dollars while endangering the health and safety of our communities.”

Terry Hill, Jr., 59, of Dayton, was charged by indictment with health care fraud, false statements relating to health care matters and conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Hill allegedly illegally owned and operated a Dayton substance abuse treatment recovery facility, Recovery Street Central, after being excluded from participating in government health care benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. As alleged, Hill was excluded in 2021 from participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs after being convicted of Medicaid fraud. Notwithstanding his exclusion, Hill allegedly continued to own and operate Recovery Street Central, which submitted more than $4 million in claims to Medicaid for counseling services that were not provided or were provided in violation of Medicaid rules and regulations.

All the cases announced today are part of a strategically coordinated, nationwide law enforcement action that resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants for their alleged participation in health care fraud and illegal drug diversion schemes that involved the submission of more than $14.6 billion in intended loss and more than 15 million pills of illegally diverted controlled substances. The defendants allegedly defrauded programs entrusted for the care of the elderly and disabled to line their own pockets. The United States has seized more than $245 million in cash, luxury vehicles and other assets in connection with the takedown.

The Hill case is being prosecuted in the Southern District of Ohio by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth F. Affeldt and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Walter, who is the Principal Assistant Ohio Attorney General for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cincinnati Division and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) also investigated the case.

The national takedown includes cases being prosecuted by the Health Care Fraud Unit’s Rapid Response Texas, Florida, Gulf Coast, Los Angeles, Midwest, New England and Northeast Strike Forces as well as U.S. Attorneys’ Offices for the Districts of Columbia, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont; Northern and Western Districts of Texas; Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California; Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida; Middle District of Georgia; Northern District of Illinois; Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana; Eastern District of Michigan; Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York; Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina; Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio; Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma; Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee; Eastern District of Virginia; Western District of Washington; Northern District of West Virginia. State Attorney Generals’ Offices for Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania are also contributing to the prosecutions with assistance from the Health Care Fraud Unit’s Data Analytics Team.

A complaint, information, or indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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