The owner of an Oak Lawn methadone clinic has been charged in a massive fraud scheme that allegedly swindled tens of millions of dollars from government programs that were used to fund an extravagant lifestyle, including brokerage accounts, luxury cars, jewelry, and a yacht named “Butt Nekkid.”
Daniel J. Robinson was charged with two counts of health care fraud in a criminal complaint made public in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, records show. While the charges have been unsealed, the rest of the court docket is not publicly available, and it was not immediately clear if Robinson had appeared in court as of Tuesday.
Robinson was arrested at an airport Sunday night while “attempting to leave the country,” the Justice Department said in a news release.
The charges were part of a nationwide effort called the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which the U.S. Justice Department says resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, involving more than $6.5 billion in false claims and “significant patient harm.”
According to the charges, Robinson is the owner of ODA Solutions, a clinic that offers both substance abuse services and mental health services from the same site in the 4200 block of West 95th Street in Oak Lawn.
From December 2023 to the present, ODA Solutions allegedly submitted hundreds of fraudulent claims to government-subsidized health care programs for “behavioral health counseling and therapy services that were never provided,” collecting at least $75 million in that timeframe, according to the 39-page complaint.
According to the charges, ODA Solutions regularly submitted claims for 500 or more hours of counseling and therapy services per day, far beyond what its 16 employees could possibly have provided even if they worked 24 hours per day.
When Medicaid-affiliated programs like Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois asked for proof of services, ODA Solutions provided dozens of fake visit notes purportedly documenting outpatient therapy sessions that never could have occurred — including some on dates “when the patients in question were actually hospitalized,” the complaint alleged.
One such patient, identified in the complaint as B.S., purportedly received five days worth of behavioral health counseling and alcohol and drug treatment at ODA Solutions in August 2024, according to the complaint.
During that time, however, B.S. was in fact hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head, and died there on Aug. 25, 2024, the complaint alleged.
According to payment records, Robinson paid himself a $20,000-a-week salary from July 2024 through March, totaling about $1.8 million.
During the same roughly two-year timeframe, Robinson diverted over $27.4 million from the Medicare payments to brokerage accounts he controlled, the complaint alleged. He spent another $4.1 million on real estate and home improvements, $1.3 million on diamonds, watches, and other luxury items, and about $616,000 on vehicles, according to the charges.
The complaint also alleged Robinson laundered at least $10.1 million in ill-gotten gains through a car dealership he set up in south suburban Chicago Heights with an associate, identified in the charges only as Individual A.
Once Robinson transferred funds from ODA Solutions to accounts in the name of the dealership, Car King Auto, Individual A used them to purchase luxury vehicles, including an $73,000 Bentley Continental GT V8, as well as an Azimut 43, 42-foot yacht named Maid Marion at a price of about $300,000, the complaint alleged.
The yacht, which was bought in early 2025, has since been renamed Butt Nekkid and is docked at the 31st Street Harbor in Chicago, according to the complaint, which included a photo of the boat.
Individual A has not been charged.
The court docket did not list an attorney for Robinson as of Tuesday morning. A person who answered the phone at ODA Solutions on Tuesday said Robinson was not there and could not be reached.
According to a biography on the ODA Solutions website, Robinson “is a remarkable individual with a story of transformation and redemption.”
“He was born and raised in the South Suburbs of Chicago, where he struggled with addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol for many years,” the website says. “Unfortunately, his substance abuse led to a long and extensive criminal history that threatened to destroy his life and his future.”
The bio says Robinson received treatment for his addiction and “turned his life around.”
With over 17 years of sobriety under his belt, he became passionate about giving back to others who were struggling with similar issues. He is living proof that treatment works, and he is committed to helping others find the same path to recovery that he did,” the bio says.
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