Story perspectives

Ellison Charges Nine Medicaid Providers With $3M Fraud

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Ellison charges providers

U.S. Attorney General Keith Ellison charged nine providers with defrauding Minnesota's Medicaid program.
Prosecutors say the providers stole over $3 million by billing for nonexistent services.
Duluth therapist Peter Jason Meilahn faces 13 felony counts for $2.2 million false claims.
Four Always on Time owners face 19 counts for billing over $675,000 for services not provided.
A Minneapolis personal care assistant faces 12 felony counts for $11,000 exploitation and $17,000 false billing.

Summary

Blanche indicts voters

AG Todd Blanche announced a jury indictment of ten residents for illegal voting in Minnesota.
They hail from Liberia, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Bosnia, Germany, Ghana, Lithuania.
Claiming citizenship can bring up to five years prison and a $250,000 fine.
Voting by non-citizens can bring up to one year prison and a $100,000 fine.
Since President Donald Trump’s return, DOJ charged 90 people with voter fraud, 50 in five weeks.

History

Historical Context

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the July 30 1965 Social Security Amendments that launched Medicaid, a federal-state program now covering about 85 million low-income Americans. Decades of fraud investigations, including the DOJ’s $2.5 billion recovery from 1997-2000 scams, set a precedent for state-federal raids. In 2024 Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison indicted therapist Peter Meilahn for $3 million Medicaid fraud, reflecting intensified collaborative enforcement.

1 of 3

Ellison charges providers

U.S. Attorney General Keith Ellison charged nine providers with defrauding Minnesota's Medicaid program.
Prosecutors say the providers stole over $3 million by billing for nonexistent services.
Duluth therapist Peter Jason Meilahn faces 13 felony counts for $2.2 million false claims.
Four Always on Time owners face 19 counts for billing over $675,000 for services not provided.
A Minneapolis personal care assistant faces 12 felony counts for $11,000 exploitation and $17,000 false billing.

1 / 3