The Justice Department on Thursday announced new indictments against 15 Minnesota fraudsters in a ‘shocking’ $90 million bust during a press conference on its efforts to crack down on fraud.
Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald made the announcement after Aimee Bock, the convicted mastermind behind the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal, was sentenced to 41.5 years in federal prison.
“Today, we are announcing criminal charges against 15 defendants in Minnesota for fraud schemes that targeted over $90 million in taxpayer dollars,” Colin McDonald said.
“This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota. The fraud here in Minnesota is shocking,” he added.
“Today’s charges are unprecedented. They include the highest loss amount ever charged in a Medicaid case in Minnesota and the largest autism fraud scheme ever charged by the Department of Justice,” McDonald said.
Fox News reported:
The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 15 defendants in Minnesota on Thursday, alleging schemes that targeted more than $90 million in taxpayer funds across state-managed Medicaid programs.
Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, said the cases involve seven Minnesota-run Medicaid programs that prosecutors say were “systematically pilfered by fraudsters” who treated taxpayer-funded services as “their personal piggy bank.”
“Let me be clear upfront about something: This is not the end of our work in Minnesota,” McDonald said. “This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota. The fraud here in Minnesota is shocking.”
McDonald pointed to Minnesota’s housing stabilization services program, which was designed to help homeless residents find and keep housing, as one of the starkest examples. The program was initially estimated in 2020 to cost about $2.5 million per year, but ballooned to more than $104 million by 2024, which McDonald attributed to fraud.
One of the indicted fraudsters, identified as Mohammad Omar, jumped out of a 4-story building and fled.
Federal law enforcement and prosecutors played surveillance video of Omar hobbling away.
“Get a good look, he’s currently on the run. If you recognize this individual or can provide any information, call 1-800-CALL-FBI,” they said.
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“Minnesota will no longer serve as a safe haven for fraud, nor will any state in this country,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Today, in Minnesota, the Justice Department charged 15 defendants in a major fraud crackdown involving over $90 million in losses — including the largest Medicaid fraud cases in the history of the district.
These criminals allegedly stole from our country’s most vulnerable:…
— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) May 21, 2026
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