Somali woman charged in multi-million-dollar autism fraud scheme in Minnesota

A 28-year-old Somali woman in Minneapolis has been charged for defrauding a state fund of $14 million--money meant to help children with autism.

Asha Farhan Hassan, who ran a therapy business, was indicted on charges of wire fraud. Prosecutors allege she fraudulently billed Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, which was created to help children with autism.  But instead of delivering services, Hassan allegedly pocketed the funds.

Charging documents state that Hassan hired unqualified individuals, including her teenage relatives with no formal education beyond high school.  Prosecutors also allege Hassan recruited children, particularly from the Somali community, *even if they did not have autism,* then billed Medicaid for millions, and paid parents kickbacks of more than $1,000 per child to keep them enrolled. 

U.S. Acting Attorney Joe Thompson also announced charges last week against eight people accused of defrauding a Minnesota housing program. He explained that the investigation found individuals were defrauding several systems at once. 

Here's the hoot: The same thieving bitch Hassan has also been charged in Minnesota’s largest COVID-era fraud case, the Feeding Our Future scandal, where she received $465,000.  The total cost of that fraud to federal taxpayers was almost $250 MILLION.

The U.S. attorney's office said in a press release. “This is not an isolated scheme.  From Feeding Our Future to Housing Stabilization Services and now Autism Services, these massive fraud schemes form a web that has stolen billions of dollars in taxpayer money.  Each case we bring exposes another strand of this network.”

Say, anyone know who the attorney-general of Minnesota is?  Couldn't be the corrupt Muslim Keith Ellison, could it?

Source.

https://thepostmillennial.com/somali-woman-charged-in-multi-million-dollar-autism-fraud-scheme-in-minnesota