Said Awil Ibrahim pleads guilty in Minnesota Medicaid fraud case
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Updated · Fox News · May 6
Said Awil Ibrahim pleads guilty in Minnesota Medicaid fraud case
6 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 6
Under a May 1 deal with Attorney General Keith Ellison's office, Ibrahim gets five years' probation and a stayed 150-day jail term in a nearly $11 million prosecution.
He must help authorities find fugitive co-defendant Abdirashid Ismail Said, believed to have fled to Kenya, and repay $2.2 million he admitted stealing through false claims.
Prosecutors say Ibrahim inflated care-centre staffing hours, while racketeering and two theft charges were dropped. The case is described as Minnesota's largest Medicaid fraud prosecution amid wider scrutiny of pandemic-era schemes.
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