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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Emmanuel Morilla

Housing Safety Net Failed Disabled Tenants, Four Men Used Fake Housing Help To Steal $2.2M In Medicaid Funds

Griggs-Midway Building in St Paul, where the housing services firm at the centre of the $2.2 million Medicaid fraud case was based before the safety net for disabled tenants collapsed. (Credit: Screenshot/DOJ)

Four Minnesota men have pleaded guilty to a $2.2 million Minnesota Medicaid fraud scheme targeting a housing programme for disabled people. Investigators said they billed for services that were never provided.

The guilty pleas have intensified scrutiny of a safety net designed to help vulnerable tenants avoid homelessness, not become a route for fraud.

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