{"id":2610423,"date":"2026-06-03T23:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-has-its-own-somali-fraud-problem-house-oversight-says\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:09:35","slug":"ohio-has-its-own-somali-fraud-problem-house-oversight-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-has-its-own-somali-fraud-problem-house-oversight-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio has its own Somali fraud problem, House oversight says"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fohio-has-its-own-somali-fraud-problem-house-oversight-says%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=2610423&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>House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Brandon Gill said recent reporting shows Ohio\u2019s large Somali (and Bhutanese) communities are involved in widespread Medicaid home-health fraud, warning it resembles the Minnesota scandal. Gill cited allegations that sham providers billed Medicaid for services never delivered, claiming the scheme has cost the federal government more than $1.2 billion, and he suggested the fraud networks operate across multiple states with links between rings in Ohio and Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, reporter Luke Rosiak testified that nearly all the hundreds of investigated entities had \u201cforeign-sounding\u201d names and described <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >interstate money movement connected<\/a> to fraud. Gill attributed Ohio\u2019s and Minnesota\u2019s problems to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-border-standoff-desantis-demands-reinstatement-of-trump-border-policies-to-lift-block-on-facilities-accepting-bidens-migrant-children\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Border Standoff: DeSantis Demands Reinstatement of Trump Border Policies to Lift Block on Facilities Accepting Biden\u2019s Migrant Children\">lax immigration enforcement<\/a>, referring to both areas as \u201csanctuary\u201d states and pointing to the large Somali presence in Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>A Democratic witness, state Sen. Nickie Antonio,objected strongly to what she called hateful rhetoric,arguing that not all people from any group should be treated as criminals. The meeting was then adjourned after Gill cut off her remarks.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ohio\/\">Ohio<\/a>, home to the country\u2019s second-largest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Somalia\/\">Somali<\/a> population, has a multibillion-dollar Somali <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fraud\/\">fraud<\/a> crisis similar to the scandal in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a>, members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform warned this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecent reporting shows that many of the Somali and Bhutanese communities commit a large portion, if not the majority, of home health Medicaid fraud in Ohio,\u201d said Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), chairman of the House oversight committee\u2019s task force on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-open-investigation-into-thriving-birth-tourism-economy\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Open Probe Into &#039;Thriving Birth Tourism Economy&#039;\">exposing institutional abuses<\/a>, at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/universal-basic-fraud-vulnerabilities-in-medicaid-waiver-programs\/\">a hearing<\/a> on Wednesday examining fraud in Ohio\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Medicare-and-Medicaid\/\">Medicaid<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4593919\/fbi-california-hostage-taker-suspect-no-stranger-police\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>FBI says California hostage taker targeted school officials, \u2018no stranger\u2019 to police<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4592930\/suspect-holding-hostages-california-bank-killed-fbi\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Suspect holding hostages at California bank killed by FBI<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4592343\/california-bank-hostage-bomb-threat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Police respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hostage-situation-leaves-2-dead-in-austin-texas\/\" title=\"Hostage situation leaves 2 dead in Austin, Texas\">hostage situation<\/a> and bomb threat at California bank<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/medicaid-millionaires-how-the-feds-pay-immigrants-billions-to-hang-out-with-their-families?author=Luke+Rosiak&#038;category=News&#038;elementPosition=8&#038;row=0&#038;rowType=Vertical+List&#038;title=DW+Investigation+Reveals+One+Of+The+Biggest+Government+Waste+Scandals+Hiding+In+Plain+Sight\">investigative series<\/a> by the <em>Daily Wire<\/em> recently reported that sham home healthcare companies, primarily operated by immigrants from Somalia and Bhutan, are billing Medicaid for services never actually rendered. Such billing schemes exploiting vulnerabilities in Ohio\u2019s Medicaid system are estimated to have stolen more than $1.2 billion from the federal government in recent years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gill asked Luke Rosiak, the <em>Daily Wire<\/em> reporter who identified numerous individuals and agencies in Ohio that he believes have committed Medicaid fraud, how many of those entities or operators had Bhutanese, Somali, or otherwise African-origin names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosiak said \u201c100%\u201d of the hundreds he had investigated appeared to be foreign-sounding. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gill questioned whether Rosiak found any connections between fraud rings based in Ohio and Minnesota. \u201cIt\u2019s the same people,\u201d Rosiak said. \u201cThey all have relatives in both places, and they move back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosiak testified about scammers funneling $130 million in cash, stuffed inside briefcases, out of the Columbus airport to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, before the money was sent off to Somalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4506816\/minneapolis-airport-cash-possibly-tied-terrorism\/\"><strong>MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT STILL FLYING MILLIONS IN CASH POSSIBLY TIED TO TERRORISM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour testimony is that there is a large, interstate criminal enterprise of Somali fraudsters that are defrauding the federal government in multiple states [out of] potentially billions of dollars,\u201d Gill said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosiak affirmed, noting that scammers from the South Asian nation of Bhutan are also orchestrating the fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo it\u2019s not just the Somalis. It\u2019s also Bhutanese,\u201d Gill added. \u201cIt\u2019s across multiple states. They\u2019re coordinating with each other. There\u2019s a network of foreigners running criminal fraud rings within our country defrauding our federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gill pointed to lax immigration policies as the reason why fraud has proliferated in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sanctuary-cities\/\">sanctuary<\/a> states such as Ohio and Minnesota. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Columbus\/\">Columbus<\/a> has one of the largest Somali communities in the country, second to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Minneapolis\/\">Minneapolis<\/a>, with 60,000 residents of Somali descent living in Ohio\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the tip of the iceberg of the gross abuse of America\u2019s immigration system,\u201d Gill said. \u201cFor too long, our government has allowed foreigners from low-trust societies with very little vetting to pour into our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ohio state Sen. Nickie Antonio, the House Democrats\u2019 witness and a Democratic lawmaker herself, responded to Gill\u2019s exchange with Rosiak by saying she was \u201calmost brought to tears\u201d by the \u201clevel of hateful rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s shocking to me the lack of even humanity to group people together,\u201d Antonio said. \u201cI am shocked and appalled by the behavior here right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4399944\/how-minnesota-somali-fraud-industrial-complex-stolen-millions-medicaid\/\"><strong>HOW MINNESOTA\u2019S SOMALI FRAUD INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HAS STOLEN MILLIONS FROM MEDICAID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gill asked Antonio, \u201cHas Somali immigration been good for Ohio?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn every community, there are good people and bad people,\u201d Antonio argued. \u201cBut to try to say that every single member of a group is somehow a criminal is shocking to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gill interjected, while other panel members scolded him for talking over Antonio as she spoke, before he abruptly adjourned the meeting, the task force\u2019s first since <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/gill.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-brandon-gill-announced-new-oversight-task-force-chairman\">its formation<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio warns of a multibillion-dollar Somali\/Bhutanese Medicaid fraud crisis like Minnesota\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2610424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26007759565127.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45185,33576,4333,68077],"class_list":["post-2610423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-consumer-protection","tag-house-oversight","tag-ohio","tag-somali-fraud"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26007759565127.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610423"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610427,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610423\/revisions\/2610427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}