Excluded beneficial owner admits false Medicaid psychotherapy claims
Oct 18, 2026 edition · GC-2026-0354 · Published 2026-10-18 · Version 1 · Final
Ronnie Lorenzo Robinson Jr. admitted using concealed ownership and other people's identifiers to submit psychotherapy claims through The Fisher of Men Project. Approximately $735,000 was claimed and $440,000 paid. His prior Medicaid exclusion makes actual ownership and operational control central to the case.
What happened
Ronnie Lorenzo Robinson Jr. pleaded guilty on October 15 to healthcare fraud involving North Carolina Medicaid psychotherapy claims. According to the plea documents, approximately $735,000 in false reimbursement claims produced approximately $440,000 in payments to his company. Robinson was released on bond, and no sentencing date had been set. The reported 10-year maximum is potential statutory punishment, not a sentence already imposed.
Robinson admitted that he was the beneficial owner of The Fisher of Men Project, LLC but concealed that ownership because he had previously been excluded from Medicaid. Another person was presented as the company's owner. He obtained identifying information belonging to medical professionals and Medicaid recipients and used it to submit claims for psychotherapy that was not provided, without those individuals' knowledge or authorization. The ownership concealment and unauthorized use of clinician identities were integral to the admitted billing conduct.
Scope and timing
- Authority status
- Final
- Applicability
- Operationally relevant
- Audience
- Health systems, Provider networks
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Why it matters
Screening nominal owners alone can miss an excluded person exercising beneficial ownership or control. Claims also require validation that the identified clinician actually authorized and delivered the reported service.
Recommended action
Reconcile behavioral-health ownership disclosures with actual operational and financial control. Validate clinician authorization, service records and recipient receipt where claims patterns or identity-use concerns indicate possible fabricated psychotherapy.
Case details
- agencies
- DOJ, FBI, North Carolina Medicaid Investigations Division
- entities
- Ronnie Lorenzo Robinson Jr., The Fisher of Men Project, LLC
- action Type
- Criminal resolution
- event Date
- 2026-10-15
- alleged Conduct
- Concealing ownership after Medicaid exclusion and using clinician and beneficiary identifiers to claim psychotherapy services not provided.
- resolution
- Guilty plea; approximately $735,000 claimed and $440,000 paid. No sentence or restitution award reported.
Operational lessons
- Screen actual beneficial owners and operational controllers.
- Verify clinician authorization and the underlying psychotherapy encounter.
Implementation playbook
- Recommended internal target: compare disclosed behavioral-health owners and managers with actual control, payment authority and exclusion-screening records. Provider Enrollment · Due 2026-10-23
- Recommended internal target: review suspicious psychotherapy claims against clinician authorization and encounter evidence, escalating unauthorized identity use. Compliance · Due 2026-10-30
Sources
- DOJ official October 15 press-release API, page 0Official · U.S. Department of Justice
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