CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati man faces 31 felony charges after officials said he defrauded Ohio's Medicaid program of more than $12 million.
Robert H. Haley, 63, was indicted Wednesday by a Butler County grand jury for engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, aggravated theft, Medicaid fraud, forgery and more after officials said he stole more than $1.5 million by falsifying patient files from February 2020 to May 2026 and then trying to use forged records when investigators questioned him.
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The AG's office said Haley was responsible for more than 60,000 fraudulent Medicaid claims that resulted in $12 million in improper payments. Haley alleged that he was providing therapeutic behavioral services to children in Butler County after-school programs. However, family members of the children told investigators that those services were never provided and their signatures appeared to have been forged.
"This was complete fraud — top to bottom," Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a release. "I'm proud of our team of skilled investigators who put in the shoe-leather work needed to build and prosecute this criminal case."
WCPO spoke to Haley when he was the regional manager for an opioid treatment center that opened a Butler County location in 2017. That location has since closed.
Haley is one of multiple people indicted as part of Ohio's data-sharing agreement with the Department of Justice. One case involved four defendants who claimed to provide therapeutic behavioral services and psychotherapy to children and young adults attending summer camps. Another case involved a person who used AI-generated personas to mislead victims, resulting in them receiving around $14 million.
