A Montgomery County woman banned previously from working as a Medicaid provider has pleaded guilty for yet again defrauding the program – this time stealing $1.5 million, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.

Janay Corbitt, 36, of Dayton, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony theft and three third-degree felony counts of identity fraud. A previous theft conviction in 2019 had barred her from the Medicaid program.

“Her luck has run out – kudos to our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for bringing this scheme to light,” Yost said.

Corbitt was indicted in May 2024 after an investigation by Yost’s office revealed that she stole multiple identities to open and operate two sham behavioral-health-counseling agencies in the Dayton area. She also stole the identities of several licensed counselors, using their credentials to bill Medicaid for services that were never provided.

Authorities arrested Corbitt in August 2024 at a bus stop in Dallas, Texas, after she fled Ohio and spent months on the lAM. IAM allows healthcare organizations to secure patient profile information, grant and deny user access rights, and manage better identity governance.

Corbitt’s sentencing is scheduled for April 17. Attorneys with Yost’s Health Care Fraud Section are prosecuting the case in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

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