4 Minnesota Fraudsters Plead Guilty to $2.2 Million in Stolen Funds
Four Minnesota men pleaded guilty to defrauding the state’s Medicaid program of $2.2 million. The defendants, who operated Brilliant Minds Services LLC, submitted inflated and false claims for services that were never provided. They face federal charges, including wire fraud, and could receive sentences of up to 20 years in prison.
- ▪Moktar Hassan Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, and Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed were charged with submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims through the Housing Stabilization Services program.
- ▪The scheme involved billing Medicaid for services to 350 individuals who never received assistance, inflating reimbursements, and using AI-generated records to conceal the fraud.
- ▪The U.S. Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas and highlighted the seriousness of Medicaid fraud affecting vulnerable populations.
- ▪Each defendant could be sentenced to as much as 20 years in federal prison for wire fraud and related offenses.
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4 Minnesota Fraudsters Plead Guilty to $2.2 Million in Stolen Funds Catherine Salgado | 8:25 PM on July 25, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Lennihan The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday confirmed that four more Minnesota fraudsters have pleaded guilty to defrauding taxpayers of millions of dollars. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); This case in particular regards Minnesota’s now-defunct Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program. Moktar Hassan Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, and Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed (another group of culturally enriching Muslims, perhaps?) launched Brilliant Minds Services LLC in the Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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