{"id":28528,"date":"2025-12-29T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=28528"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:54:02","slug":"that-medicaid-fraud-scandal-in-minnesota-just-got-a-lot-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=28528","title":{"rendered":"That Medicaid Fraud Scandal In Minnesota Just Got A Lot Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

A Minnesota fraudster indicted for defrauding the state out of millions in the largest COVID-era scam in the nation is reportedly still billing the state for millions in fraudulent services. This alarming and ongoing outrageous taxpayer rip-off in Tim Walz\u2019s state has been brought to light by Republican lawmaker Kristin Robbins, who chairs the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee.<\/p>\n

Gandi Yusuf Mohamed, who later changed his name to Gandi Abdi Kediye, \u201cIn February 2024\u2026was indicted and charged for $1.1 million in money laundering in Feeding Our Future,\u201d\u00a0Robbins said during a hearing<\/a>. \u201cThis person was paid an additional $49 million for other state programs between 2019 and 2024. This person will have their trial in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

To complicate matters further, Mohamed had already contributed the maximum allowable amount of $2,500 to the state\u2019s Democratic attorney general, Keith Ellison. Additionally, his brother was convicted in connection with the $1 billion Feeding Our Future fraud scandal.<\/p>\n

\n

Enjoying USA Journal\u2019s conservative views and news? Tell your friends about us!<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n

The revelation only raises more questions about the lack of accountability shown by Walz and his administration regarding Minnesota\u2019s generous social welfare programs. State officials continue to acknowledge that they seem indifferent to the fraud occurring under their watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedicaid is a trust-based system; we don\u2019t have the technology or staff to look over everyone\u2019s shoulder,\u201d Minnesota\u2019s Department of Human Services Inspector General James Clark told the committee.<\/p>\n

In the past decade, the number of individuals offering \u201cadult day care\u201d services has surged by 43 percent, while the demand for such care has only risen by 7 percent. Despite this significant growth in providers, Shireen Gandhi, the temporary commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, recently announced that \u201ceffective February 1, we will enact a two-year pause on adult day care licenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

In simple terms, Minnesota is falling short of its fundamental responsibilities, and state taxpayers are picking up the tab.<\/p>\n

This situation highlights yet another argument for privatizing Medicaid and health insurance in general. Would a for-profit company put up with such severe mistakes? Would they tolerate this level of waste, fraud, and abuse? Certainly not. If the government weren\u2019t subsidizing the whole industry, prices would be lower, and private insurers would be highly motivated to root out fraud. In contrast, Democrats seem to lack those incentives. Their focus often shifts to increasing spending with good intentions, leaving the repercussions to unfold on their own.<\/p>\n

There was a time when even Democrats prioritized basic oversight. Unfortunately, it seems that\u2019s no longer the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Minnesota fraudster indicted for defrauding the state out of millions in the largest COVID-era scam in the nation is reportedly still billing the state for millions in fraudulent services. … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28530,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28528\/revisions\/28530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}