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Judge Overturns Guilty Verdict in $7.2M Medicaid Fraud

11/28/2025

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The judge overturned the guilty verdict against Abdifatah Yusuf, a Somalian immigrant, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in Medicaid fraud involving $7.2 million.
Abdifatah Yusuf, who ran a home healthcare company from a mailbox, had been convicted on six counts of aiding and abetting theft.
Judge Sarah West found the state relied on circumstantial evidence.
The Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison condemned the fraud and his office filed an appeal.

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The judge overturned the guilty verdict against Abdifatah Yusuf, a Somalian immigrant, in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in Medicaid fraud involving $7.2 million.
Abdifatah Yusuf, who ran a home healthcare company from a mailbox, had been convicted on six counts of aiding and abetting theft.
Judge Sarah West found the state relied on circumstantial evidence.
The Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison condemned the fraud and his office filed an appeal.