Abdifatah Yusuf’s agency, Promise Health Services, LLC, did not have a building and operated out of a mailbox for years. But still, he claimed to provide millions in assistance to Medicaid recipients through their Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) program.
That was all a lie. On Tuesday, a Hennepin County jury found Yusuf guilty on six counts of theft by swindle. He is set to be sentenced at a later date.
In a news release, the Minnesota Attorney General Office said that Yusuf and his family members used Promise to “fraudulently obtain Medicaid funds by billing for services not provided, services that were billed based on false documentation, services that were over billed, services that were billed but lacked any documentation to support the services, and kickbacks provided to recipients to induce them to receive ‘services’ from the agency.”
With Yusuf in charge, Promise stole more than $7 million from the federal Medicaid program. Of those millions, $42,000 was spent at luxury car dealers, $80,000 at luxury clothing stores, and $387,000 in cash was withdrawn…