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Autism Center Fraud Suspect Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Scheme
Yussuf admitted to using unqualified staff and recruiting children without autism to fraudulently bill over $6 million to Minnesota's Medicaid program, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud involving Star Autism Center LLC, in connection with a $6 million Medicaid scheme.
- After investors recruited clients, Yussuf registered Star Autism Center LLC and enrolled it the same day as an EIDBI provider with the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
- Court documents show unqualified employees, including family members as young as 18, recruited Somali families, with parents receiving cash kickbacks and many enrolled children lacking true autism diagnoses.
- Yussuf faces about five years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud, and his sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
- The case came amid broader federal probes after search warrants late last year, with Star Autism Center targeted and prosecutors tracing a semi-truck purchase and transfers to Kenya.
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