COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced a new round of indictments against multiple Medicaid providers statewide, including several from Greater Cleveland , on felony charges of fraud and theft.

According to a release from Yost's office, the cases include "two people who, because of felony convictions, were prohibited from providing services to Medicaid recipients yet received hundreds of thousands of dollars, a home health aide who billed for services while on a cruise to Hawaii, and several providers who billed for home services while their clients were in the hospital."

The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, an arm of Yost's office, investigated the cases and secured the indictments in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

"Medicaid fraud may be a financial crime, bu

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