The former owner of an Austintown drug rehab facility convicted of a $48 million Medicaid fraud scheme will have to honeymoon with his future bride someplace other than Hawaii.

U.S. District Court Judge Benita Pearson has denied Ryan Sheridan’s request to travel to the island paradise after he gets married.

Sheridan formerly owned and operated the Braking Point Recovery Center in Austintown and Columbus.

In early 2021, Sheridan was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for crimes related to a health care fraud conspiracy where Medicaid was billed $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services, much of which was not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.

Sheridan was released from prison in November.  However, he remains under government supervision and must get permission from the court to travel outside of Northern Ohio.

In issuing the denial to travel, Judge Pearson notes that Ryan still owes the government $24,439,252 in restitution, having only paid $40,687 of the total amount ordered by the court.

“Defendant’s planned travel would not be appropriate due to the outstanding balance of approximately $24,439,251.84 of restitution owed and the avoidable financial expenses Defendant would incur for the trip to Hawaii,” Judge Pearson noted in the ruling.

Pearson also wrote that Sheridan has requested to travel without her permission, and that “does not satisfy the expectations of the court. For the reasons above, Defendant’s requests to travel generally outside of the Northern District of Ohio and specifically to Hawaii are denied.”