Owner arrested in Medicare fraud was already on probation
Even before his arrest and suspected role in bilking the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, 55-year-old Nigerian-born Tony Obi was already on probation for stealing from the public trough.
Obi, indicted this week in a $45 million physical therapy fraud scheme and for allegedly accepting more than $1 million in kickbacks, had just been sentenced last year to two years probation for defrauding Medicaid and the state.
That scheme involved $86,000 in phony substance abuse counseling claims sent to Medicaid by the Standard Health Community Services substance abuse counseling program, a clinic he owned on Harwin Drive, according to the Texas attorney general's office.
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Despite his criminal record, Obi continued to operate yet another health care business legally. As of Wednesday, Obi was still listed as the owner of a Houston assisted living facility, Victory Health, licensed by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, or DADS, according to spokeswoman Cecilia Fedorov.
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