𝗜𝗧’𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗦 — 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗧𝗔’𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗗 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗥
Let’s be very clear about what federal prosecutors are alleging here.
This wasn’t sloppy paperwork.
This wasn’t “overbilling confusion.”
This was an industrial-scale racket.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, operators set up 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 and then paid parents 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 to enroll their children.
𝘛𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘏𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.
Those kickbacks allegedly ranged from $300 to $1,500 per month, per child, tied directly to how much Medicaid reimbursement the provider could extract.
Higher authorization meant higher kickbacks.
Parents reportedly 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 to other centers unless the payments went up.
Now look at the numbers.
Autism claims to Medicaid in Minnesota didn’t just rise — they 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗱:
• $3 million in 2018
• $54 million in 2019
• $77 million in 2020
• $183 million in 2021
• $279 million in 2022
• $399 million in 2023
At the same time, the number of autism providers in the state jumped from 41 to 328.
Many were created inside the Somali community, citing the need for 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.
By the time investigators caught up, one in sixteen Somali four-year-olds in Minnesota had reportedly been diagnosed with autism — more than triple the statewide average.
This is why people are angry.
This is why trust has collapsed.
And this is why dismissing it as “made up” or “scapegoating” is an insult to taxpayers and to families who actually need real care.
It wasn’t just daycares.
It was medical billing.
It was Medicaid.
And it was done at massive scale.
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We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening, the fraud must be stopped.