The Brief
- Ahmed Nur and nearly a dozen codefendants were ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution for a Medicaid fraud scheme.
- While prosecutors recently seized more than $1.2 million from Nur’s personal bank account, he argues a separate corporate account containing more than $650,000 should be off limits.
- The case is one of dozens analyzed by the FOX 9 Investigators in an effort to follow stolen Medicaid funding and track what happens after providers are convicted of fraud.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – A convicted fraudster is fighting to keep more than half-a-million dollars in a business account off limits as Minnesota tries to recover stolen Medicaid funds.
Recovering stolen Medicaid funds
What we know:
Ahmed Nur pleaded guilty last year to two counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle in a nearly $10 million Medicaid fraud scheme. He was sentenced to 180 days in the Hennepin County Workhouse and, along with nearly a dozen co-defendants, ordered to pay back more than $2.3 million in restitution.
By the numbers:…