Oak Lawn Methadone Clinic Owner In A Fix, Faces Federal Fraud, Money Laundering Charges

PALOS PARK, IL—A Palos Park man and owner of an Oak Lawn methadone clinic is accused of orchestrating a scheme to bilk Medicaid out of more than $75 million for purported behavioral health counseling and therapy services. Most of the services were never provided, according to a federal complaint.

Daniel “Danny” Robinson is facing felony charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering. Since January 2024, Robinson’s company, ODA Solutions Inc., the feds maintain that Robinson billed Illinois Medicaid more than $92 million and has been paid approximately $75 million.

Robinson is the founder and CEO of ODA Solutions, 4237 ½ W. 95th St. in Oak Lawn. He is the sole staff member listed on the company’s website. Robinson describes himself in the company bio as a “remarkable individual with a story of transformation and redemption” and a former crack cocaine addict.

The charges filed in federal court in Chicago are part of the Department of Justice’s 2026 National Healthcare Fraud Takedown.

Since January 2024, the federal complaint alleges that ODA Robinson’s company, ODA Solutions, Inc., has billed Illinois Medicaid more than $92 million and has been paid approximately $75 million. Robinson also purportedly directed others to create fake medical records and then bill for counseling services that were not provided, including for beneficiaries who had died.

ODA is alleged to have provided dozens of fake visit notes and lists of provided that included dozens of individuals who never received payment from ODA. Many of the fake visits purportedly documented outpatient therapy sessions, the federal complaint claimed, happened on dates when the patients in question were hospitalized and could not have received th services described in the notes.

Law enforcement agents and MCO investigators interviewed several ODA patients, each of whom confirmed that they received none of the services the ODA billed to MCOs.

Federal agents also placed the ODA clinic under 24-hour video surveillance from April 20 to May 2, 2026. During the two-week period, the feds said no more than 45 patients entered ODA on a single day, and the vast majority of them stayed no longer than 15 minutes. Based on claims ODA submitted to MCOs, the complaint alleges ODA claimed more than 180 patients each received a minimum of one hour of therapy or counseling services for five days during that particular time frame.

Over the course of just two years, the ODA bank account was funded almost exclusively with fraudulently obtained payments from the MCOs, federal agents said. Robinson is alleged to have diverted over $27,356,000 to brokerage accounts, and $10,133,070 to a car dealership law enforcement said he set up with Individual A.

Also noted in the complaint was $4,109,384 for real estate purchases and home improvements, $1,332,167 for jewelry, watches, and other luxury items, and $616,022 for vehicles.

“ODA Solutions’ massive profit margins and Robinson’s massive distribution of fraud proceeds for non-business purposes were made possible by the fact that Robinson was not paying any providers to render the vast majority of the services ODA Solutions billed to managed care organizations,” the federal complaint said.