{"id":2526422,"date":"2025-12-29T21:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T02:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-doj-announces-98-total-arrests-in-minnesota-fraud-case-85-of-somali-descent\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T02:11:22","slug":"breaking-doj-announces-98-total-arrests-in-minnesota-fraud-case-85-of-somali-descent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-doj-announces-98-total-arrests-in-minnesota-fraud-case-85-of-somali-descent\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: DOJ Announces 98 Total Arrests in Minnesota Fraud Case &#8211; 85 of \u2018Somali Descent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-doj-announces-98-total-arrests-in-minnesota-fraud-case-85-of-somali-descent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2526422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Overview &#8211; U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice has charged 98 people in Minnesota in connection with fraud investigations, saying 85 of those charged are of Somali descent and that more prosecutions are expected.Bondi credited investigative videos by YouTuber Nick Shirley with drawing attention to the scope of alleged fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The cases she highlighted include the Feeding Our Future prosecution (described by Bondi as the largest COVID-19 fraud case in the country, with roughly 78 defendants charged and allegations of fake invoices and rosters), a related juror-bribery matter, and several Medicaid\/EIDBI (autism services) fraud schemes. Bondi noted that more than 60 defendants have already been found guilty, and she cited specific outcomes such as the 10-year sentence and restitution order for Abdimijad Mohamed Nur.<\/p>\n<p>One detailed DOJ allegation concerns Asha Farhan Hassan and Smart Therapy LLC,accused of enrolling unqualified staff to bill for intensive autism therapy and receiving large payments tied to a broader scheme. The article also describes so-called &#8220;learning centers&#8221; that appeared empty during daytime hours and other examples of alleged abuse of public benefits, with experts in the piece estimating entitlement fraud losses in Minnesota&#8217;s somali community could reach into the billions.<\/p>\n<p>The piece quotes Bondi rejecting claims by defendants that prosecutions targeted Somali culture, and it attributes the reporting and many assertions to Bondi&#8217;s public statements, DOJ releases, and the Western Journal article.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Department of Justice has already arrested and charged 98 individuals with fraud in Minnesota, 85 of whom are of Somali descent.<\/p>\n<p>What&rsquo;s more, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/swalwell-pushes-democrats-impeach-pam-bondi-officials-win-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a><\/a> said, there are further prosecutions coming.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after a series of videos from YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/youtuber-nick-shirley-exposes-alleged-somali-daycare-center-reportedly-reaped-4000000-taxpayers\/\">Nick Shirley<\/a> that indicated fraud in the Somali community went beyond just the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, in which a Minneapolis-based nonprofit allegedly misappropriated massive sums of money meant to feed at-risk families.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley&rsquo;s video, released late last week, has gotten the federal government&rsquo;s attention.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Nick Shirley&rsquo;s] work has helped show Americans the scale of fraud in Tim Walz&rsquo;s Minnesota,&rdquo; Bondi said in an X statement late Monday.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return; 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So far, we have charged 98 individuals &mdash; 85 of Somali descent &mdash; and more than 60 have been found guilty in court,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have more prosecutions coming&hellip; BUCKLE UP, LAWMAKERS!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MINNESOTA FRAUD: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickshirleyyy?\">@NickShirleyyy<\/a>&rsquo;s work has helped show Americans the scale of fraud in Tim Walz&rsquo;s Minnesota. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJusticeDept?\">@TheJusticeDept<\/a> has been investigating this for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals &ndash; 85 of Somali descent &ndash; and more than 60 have been found guilty in&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2005764911427731459?\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bondi went on to describe several of the cases they&rsquo;d already prosecuted, including the Feeding Our Future scheme and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >connected juror bribery case &#038;mdash<\/a>; a situation which, as Bondi noted, was &ldquo;not unlike what you would see in the corrupt Somali judicial system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scam 1: FEEDING OUR FUTURE &mdash; THE LARGEST COVID-19 FRAUD CASE CHARGED IN THE COUNTRY<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; Claimed to serve children millions of free meals during COVID&mdash;few, if any, were ever fed<br \/> &ndash; Submitted fake invoices and fake rosters of kids purportedly receiving meals<br \/> &ndash; 78 defendants charged&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2005764918226604172?\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And just last month, we sentenced Abdimijad Mohamed Nur &mdash; another key player in the Feeding Our Future scheme &mdash; to 10 years in federal prison and ordered him to pay millions in restitution<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; And the crimes in this case don&rsquo;t end here . . . &#11015;&#65039;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xJgkM0MZWK\">https:\/\/t.co\/xJgkM0MZWK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2005764926045053023?\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scam 2: JUROR BRIBERY (continued)<\/p>\n<p>According to the defendants, &ldquo;[T]he government kept attacking Somali culture . . . [and] was very racist.&rdquo;<br \/> &ndash; This claim is ludicrous: the government was fighting the unprecedented level of fraud being committed<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8SRiNFZu2p\">https:\/\/t.co\/8SRiNFZu2p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2005764933301203257?\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amid-billion-dollar-somali-fraud-scandal-minn-gov-tim-walz-reveals-deeply-concerned-trump-insult\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feeding Our Future<\/a> scam, there were also several instances of Medicaid fraud, including one involving care that was supposed to go to autistic children.<\/p>\n<p>In September, a media release from the Department of Justice alleged 28-year-old Asha Farhan Hassan had received almost $500,000 for her role in a $14 million autism fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As set forth in the information, Hassan and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (&lsquo;EIDBI&rsquo;) benefit, a publicly funded Minnesota Health Care Program that offers medically necessary services to people under the age of 21 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-considers-lawsuit-against-gender-clinic-for-affirming-9-year-old-autistic-son-as-transgender-lesbian\/\" title=\"Father Considers Lawsuit Against Gender Clinic For Affirming 9-Year-Old Autistic Son As Transgender Lesbian\">autism spectrum disorder<\/a> (&lsquo;ASD&rsquo;). According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (&lsquo;DHS&rsquo;) website, the purpose of the EIDBI program is &lsquo;to provide medically necessary, early and intensive intervention for people with ASD and related conditions,&rsquo;&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mn\/pr\/first-defendant-charged-autism-fraud-scheme-0?bm-verify=AAQAAAAM_____07aeecY1KZqKO8NXAdFdY-EULuO6JxVF9Hh4MHxJJX_tUrG_lOJfGSKNJF4EgLIe9L2GdkDGqV62oQEN-qI8CKXi85w-Rt-R0_M-9Gqyp9caO57y6BE5xTRq168MoHE1_elLgyKRUN_j9-Es9mXhTLuunvQyKckb5SSzvkRU1MRALwqiu5OcGZ5IxCIQPnIY68c9nSVbDC3Hm0KdbLb8Drz4S-_vsEZ1MrpnBjtu0omaR0BSR_MpIm07yUMiLna1olQol65zUziXpHxS9u5ZakcgkDV7i3ZT1dyZ0z_Tyat_bSS0PV9nwCWVYyJO8-PQkYM4wcDFKWuUaQj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From November 2019 through December 2024, Asha Hassan and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the EIDBI autism services program. Hassan formed and registered Smart Therapy LLC with the Minnesota Secretary of State in November 2019. Hassan listed herself as the sole owner of Smart Therapy. In reality, other individuals also had ownership stakes in Smart Therapy but were not listed on DHS documents, including because one of the owners previously owned an adult daycare and was excluded by DHS for three years due to her conduct running the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-maxine-waters-says-were-moving-toward-a-mandate\/\" title=\"COVID-19: Maxine Waters Says \u2018We\u2019re Moving Toward A Mandate\u2019\">adult daycare center<\/a>. Shortly after forming the company, Hassan enrolled Smart Therapy as a provider agency in the EIDBI program. As discussed below, Hassan also enrolled Smart Therapy in the Federal Child Nutrition Program under the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future,&rdquo; it continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Smart Therapy purported to be providing necessary one-on-one ABA therapy to children with autism. In fact, Smart Therapy employed unqualified individuals as &lsquo;behavioral technicians.&rsquo; These behavioral technicians were often 18- or 19-year-old relatives with no formal education beyond high school and no training or certifications related to the treatment of autism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scam 4: MEDICAID FRAUD<\/p>\n<p>-Fraudsters identified Minnesota&rsquo;s Medication coverage program for Housing Stabilization Services &ndash; a program meant to help people with disabilities, senior citizens, and people with mental illnesses<br \/> -Then, they started sham LLCs and began signing up drug&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi\/status\/2005764941769257449?\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The case is reminiscent of the so-called &ldquo;learning centers&rdquo; profiled in Shirley&rsquo;s viral video, one of which is now infamous for misspelling the word &ldquo;learning&rdquo; by describing itself on its signage as a &ldquo;learing&rdquo; center.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the centers appeared abandoned on weekday afternoons, when children should have been active if the centers were actually serving their legitimate purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates of entitlement fraud within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/somali-scammers-may-stole-enough-minnesota-medicaid-funds-match-somalias-gdp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesotan Somali community<\/a> now reach well into the billions, experts say.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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