Six indicted in Franklin County on Medicaid fraud charges

A Franklin County grand jury has handed down indictments against six people, including a business owner accused of telling employees to inflate claims, on charges that they stole more than $500,000 from Medicaid.

In total, the six are accused of stealing $558,383 from the taxpayer-funded healthcare program, including one person accused of more than $400,000 in alleged fraud. Prosecutors allege the providers billed for services while working other jobs or billed when clients were hospitalized or had already died.

Allegations of widespread Medicaid fraud in Ohio have persisted for months. While some estimates have suggested it could surpass $1 billion, officials haven’t said how far it extends.

“Fraud against Medicaid is fraud against Ohio taxpayers,” Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said in a release. “We will continue to investigate suspicious billing behavior and hold offenders accountable.”

The indictments follow an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Rasheedah Biles, 42, of Pickerington, owner of Reset Tomorrow, a Columbus behavioral-health program for children, faces Medicaid fraud and theft charges. Prosecutors said fraudulent claims included upcoding and billing for services never provided, leading to a $404,810 loss to Medicaid between November 2023 and October 2025.

The investigation began following a May 2025 referral flagging her for excessive billing. Prosecutors said the probe revealed that she allegedly directed employees to inflate claims for services to residents of a group home for foster children and to children participating in Reset Tomorrow’s after-school program and summer camp.

Dorika Carter, 41, of Columbus, is charged with falsifying timesheets, resulting in a $6,661 loss to Medicaid. According to prosecutors, she claimed to have provided home-health services while a client was in the hospital. Additionally, she was working a separate full-time job during six months when she could not work due to medical reasons.

Carol Dawes-Willis, 59, of Hillsboro, is accused of billing for homemaker and personal care services on dates that she did not visit a client. Electronic visit-verification data, text messages and other documentation confirmed that services were not provided on the billed dates.

Officials allege the loss to Medicaid totaled $4,510 between January 2024 and October 2025.

Yvette Johnson‑Woodall, 58, of Youngstown, faces charges that she defrauded Medicaid of $83,857 between April 2021 and February 2026. Investigators found that she billed for therapeutic behavioral services for four clients during extended periods when no services were provided.

Prosecutors said clients were homeless or hospitalized during the time. Records also show that some of her billed service hours overlapped with her shifts as a school bus aide.

Sasi Kaza, 55, of Clinton, the owner of Moonlight Home Health Care in Austintown, was charged following an investigation that revealed a $53,405 loss to Medicaid.

Kaza is accused of routinely billing for the maximum authorized hours, regardless of whether services were provided. The fraudulent claims included billing for dates when clients were hospitalized and, in some cases, after they had died.

Binetou Ndao, 37, of Columbus, allegedly billed for full shifts as a home-health aide despite routinely arriving late and leaving early. Data from her employer’s electronic visit-verification system showed that she was clocking in and out at locations other than the client’s residence. The loss to Medicaid between January 2025 and January 2026 totaled $5,140.

Three-quarters of the Ohio Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s funding is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $16.5 million for federal fiscal 2026. Ohio taxpayers, via the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, fund the remaining $5.5 million for fiscal 2026.