Federal prosecutors allege a woman defrauded a Minnesota program for autism treatment services out of $14 million as part of a sprawling scheme, while simultaneously raking in money as part of the Feeding Our Future food-aid fraud conspiracy.
U.S. District Court filings charging one count of wire fraud against Asha Farhan Hassan, 28, detail what prosecutors contend was a plot to collect millions in fraudulent proceeds through her company, Smart Therapy Center LLC in Minneapolis. Hassan enrolled the company in Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) program, which is funded by state and federal money to serve people under 21 with autism spectrum disorder…