Federal agency searched Youngstown medical office

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The office of Inspector General’s U.S. Department of Health & Human Services executed a search warrant Wednesday on a medical office on the city’s North Side.

Tesia D. Williams, the agency’s director of communications, said the search occurred, but only added: “I can’t provide any further details since the case is ongoing.”

The search was at a medical office at 602 Parmalee Ave., confirmed Vicki Anderson, an FBI agent with its Cleveland office.

She added that FBI agents assisted with the search, but declined further comment except to say all of the information related to the search is sealed.

The Ohio Attorney General office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit also helped with the search at the Parmelee Avenue office, said Jill Del Greco, an AG spokeswoman. She said she had no further details.

The building, near St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, houses a number of medical offices.

Law-enforcement officials wouldn’t say what specific office was raided during the search.

No one was arrested during Wednesday’s search.