‘Outstanding Refugee’ honoree charged in $1M Minnesota medicaid fraud; faces eight felony counts

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison announces more than $1.5M in alleged Medicaid fraud cases, including an $1M case involving Salman Ahmed Elmi, a former “Outstanding Refugee” honoree. Elmi faces eight felony counts over allegations of fraudulent Medicaid billing, while prosecutors also allege links between people in the case and a separate Minnesota sex-trafficking investigation. Another defendant, Mohamed Haji Rashid, faces nine felony theft charges tied to more than $300,000 in alleged fraudulent Medicaid billing.