A second Twin Cities man has admitted his role in a scheme that took more than $500,000 from a Minnesota Medicaid program meant to help seniors and people with disabilities find and keep stable housing. Ahmed Abdirashid Mohamed, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Oct. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. His co-defendant, Hassan Ahmed Hussein, 29, entered a guilty plea to the same charge one week earlier, on Sept. 24.
Prosecutors said the two men enrolled their company, Pristine Health LLC, as a Medicaid provider in the state's Housing Stabilization Services program. They then submitted claims for housing support that was never delivered and inflated other bills to collect higher payments. In total, the company billed Minnesota Medicaid more than $820,000, according to the federal government.
