(Crankers) The feds have charged eight people in connection to a “massive fraud” scandal that was part of Minnesota’s federally funded housing stabilization program that was supposed to be helping people, but turned into a hub of crime instead.
The program use federal Medicad funds and was supposed to help disabled people find housing. The people charged with the crime used peoples names to submit their information and get reimbursed for claims that the people themselves never filed.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said: “The level of fraud in these programs is staggering. Unfortunately, our system of trust-but-verify no longer works. These programs have been abused over and over to the point where the fraud has overtaken the legitimate services.”
Four of the people charged were running a fake service provided named Brilliant Minds. The other four were connected to the fraud scheme in other ways.
Four of the defendants allegedly operated a fraudulent service provider called Brilliant Minds. Between 2022 and 2025, they allegedly submitted claims totaling $2.3 million for assisting clients with housing. Prosecutors say few of those services were actually offered.
DHS is closing the housing stabilization services program after all the fraud it caused. Sen. Omar Fateh was caught fast-tracking approvals to his wife’s company, so there may be more investigations into him and his wife.
The eight people charged in the massive fraud scheme are:
-Moktar Hass Aden
-Mustafa Dayib Ali
-Khalid Ahmed Dayib
-Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed
-Christopher Adesoji Falade
-Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade
-Asad Ahmed Adow
-Anwar Ahmed Adow