An adult day care provider was indicted and accused of defrauding Missouri Medicaid out of $1.47 million, according to a July 21 announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Tony King, 63, was indicted on five counts of health care fraud. King turned himself in and appeared in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, where he pleaded not guilty.
According to the indictment, King operated Agape Love Adult Day Care LLC as a provider in Missouri’s Adult Day Care Waiver program, which offers continuous care and supervision for older and disabled adults as an alternative to nursing facility placement. The indictment alleges that King submitted false claims for reimbursement to Missouri Medicaid for services that were never provided, including claiming Agape provided 10 hours of daily care when only half that amount was delivered and billing for patients who were not present or were hospitalized. The total alleged fraudulent claims amounted to $1.47 million from at least February 2021 through March 2026.
King previously lived in St. Louis County but now resides in Georgia.
Health care fraud carries penalties of up to 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both; restitution is mandatory if convicted. Authorities emphasized that charges set forth in an indictment are accusations only, and all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The FBI, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and the Missouri Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigated the case; Assistant U.S. Attorney Karin Schute is prosecuting it.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri investigates federal crimes—including health care fraud—and enforces civil rights across 49 counties using facilities such as the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis and operates under the United States Department of Justice, according to its official website.