COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio officials are investigating allegations that some county Medicaid workers inappropriately advised men posing as Russian drug dealers on how to get government health care benefits.

Conservative activist James O’Keefe posted undercover video on his Project Veritas website, suggesting workers in three counties helped the men after being told they were illegal immigrants whose young sisters performed sex acts for drug clients.

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services spokesman Ben Johnson says the video is “extremely troubling” and that the agency and the counties involved are looking into it.

In the video, a county worker suggests the men hide ownership of an $800,000 car, adding “you didn’t hear that from me.”