You are not going to believe this one. Last Tuesday, March 5, the office of state Attorney General Keith Ellison put out a press release under the headline, Attorney General’s…
From a press release issued by the office of the state attorney general, Attorney General Ellison sues We Push for Peace and its two former leaders for misusing over $6.5…
Today at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, two sentences are scheduled to be handed down in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Judge Nancy Brasel is set to preside…
Shireen Gandhi is still in charge of the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS). Ignore the cynical games being played with job titles, the situation is unchanged. MPR News reports,…
This time, it was a Medicaid fraud, involving the personal care assistance (PCA) program and occurred in state court. But otherwise, the result is the same. From the Minnesota Star…
“Medicaid exists to protect our most vulnerable citizens and we have an obligation to protect it.” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on one of the 22 businesses raided by the FBI yesterday, One center, A Plus Universal Child Care and Learning Center in Shakopee, which was…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison put out a press release yesterday celebrating his latest courtroom victory, Jury finds Emadeldin Ibrahim liable for submitting $188K in false claims to state. The…
Mulata Yusuf Ali was sentenced to one year of probation for his role in the Feeding Our Future case. Ali operated a shell company used for money laundering in the…
This morning, the FBI raided two dozen more Minnesota businesses linked to fraud. AlphaNews reports, Federal agents raid the Somali Senior Center & Adult Day Services in Minneapolis this morning…
In November, the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence (MCFE) — one of the best policy organizations in the state — hosted its 99th Annual Meeting and Policy Forum. The last…
From the Washington Examiner, Minnesota fraud committee suspects Ilhan Omar of involvement in Feeding Our Future scheme. The House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight committee met yesterday. Here is…
As always, it was another big week in Minnesota fraud, and we break down the week’s breaking news by day: Tuesday KARE-11’s Lou Raguse documented how taxpayer spending on 14…
Today is April 15, Tax Day, the deadline for paying your income taxes without having to pay a penalty. As I noted yesterday, for 2025, the average earner will pay…
Yusuf Bashir Ali was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The sentence pronounced by federal district Judge Nancy Brasel matched the…
Lou Raguse of KARE-11 has performed a public service by assembling in one report the spending by the state of Minnesota on 14 “at risk” Medicaid programs. You can read…
From Fox-9, Anoka County couple charged in $800K public benefits fraud probe. The exact dollar amount involved was $861,304.03, according to state officials. Fox 9 reports, Charges filed against an…
Lou Raguse of KARE-11 has the report that Abdirashid Ismail Said, accused of an $11 million Medicaid fraud, fled the country a week before his scheduled courtroom trial. And how…
Gandi Yusuf Mohamed pled guilty in the Feeding Our Future case this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Mohamed, a/k/a Gandi Abdi Kediye, became the 65th defendant convicted…
Abdullahe Nur Jesow was sentenced to 43 months in federal prison, becoming just the tenth defendant sentenced in the case to date. That works out to three years and seven…
Bekam Merdassa was the very first Feeding Our Future defendant to plead guilty in the case, way back in October 2022. Today, he became just the 9th defendant to be…
Fourth time’s the charm. In his fourth attempt, Feeding Our Future defendant No. 64, Suleman Yusuf Mohamed, became (coincidentally) the 64th person convicted in the sprawling free-food scandal. The three…
The question keeps coming up in reference to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal: What did Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison know, and when did he know it? Another piece…
A funny thing happened on the way to conviction No. 64 in the sprawling free-food scandal. Defendant Suleman Yusuf Mohamed has had his guilty plea hearing rescheduled some three times.…