Attorney General Mayes Announces Conclusion of Criminal Case with Court Ordered Restitution of $3.8 million

PHOENIX - Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced that the Court has now ordered 37-year old convicted white collar crime offender Ariell Olivia Dix to pay $3,863,036.15 in restitution for her role in the Illegal Control of an Enterprise - a crime for which she was sentenced to prison for 3.5 years in May 2024.

"Medicaid fraud steals from taxpayers and harms those who rely on critical health care services," said Attorney General Kris Mayes. "This case sends a clear message: if you exploit public programs and vulnerable communities for personal gain, you will be held accountable."

The Court had been informed by the Attorney General's Office that Dix had moved to the Phoenix-metro area, from Nevada, to establish Behavioral Health Care Treatment facilities for the purpose of defrauding the American Indian Health Program (AIHP) within the Arizona State Medicaid Program - AHCCCS.

At the time of her move to Arizona, Dix had been permanently excluded from Nevada's State Medicaid Program for her criminal role in defrauding the Nevada Medicaid program. Dix had devised and facilitated an unrelenting and corrupt billing pattern of extreme treatment hours across all dates, ranges, and AHCCCS patients as she provided a seemingly ever-expanding billing pattern for the sole purpose of maximizing the prospective amount of illicit proceeds. As a result of Dix's conduct, between 2019 and 2022, AHCCCS was defrauded of millions of taxpayer dollars.

Yesterday, Attorney General Mayes announced a grant program to assist Tribal nations impacted by sober living home fraud.