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Fake Somali Autism Centers Competed for Fake Somali Kids
Front Page Magazine ^ | 10/31/2026 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 10/31/2026 4:37:11 AM PDT by DFG

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s double life is collapsing and her caterer/donor is going to jail for 30 years for $44 million in fraud.

Salim Ahmed Said was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he was found guilty in 2025 for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme. Said is the former co-owner of the Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis. He and his associates stole over $44 million by claiming to feed up to 6,000 children daily.

Omar had her victory party at the Safari restaurant and took part in a video claiming to be feeding people there.

But in other Somali fraud news, 4 more Somalis have been busted in over $40 million in fraud.

Those busted in the roundup include Feisal Elmi of Aspen Associates, an autism services provider, who now faces 11 counts of healthcare fraud for an alleged $8 million ripoff. Jama Mohamod of American Home Healthcare faces six counts of healthcare fraud totaling $3.27 million; Faiza Ahmed of Home Sweet Home, which billed for elderly and disabled care, faces eight for $10 million in alleged healthcare fraud; and Habiba Mohammed of Smart Therapy faces a count of conspiracy to defraud the US government of $20 million.

Elmi incidentally may be Omar’s real last name.

You may remember Smart Therapy from the previous set of autism therapy indictments. And this was not just 4 people. It ‘took a village’ or a community to perpetrate obscene fraud like this.

Smart Therapy purported to be providing necessary one-on-one ABA therapy to children with autism. In fact, Smart Therapy employed unqualified individuals as “behavioral technicians.” These behavioral technicians were often 18- or 19-year-old relatives with no formal education beyond high school and no training or certifications related to the treatment of autism.

To run their fraud scheme, Hassan and her partners needed children who had an autism diagnosis and an individual treatment plan. Hassan and her partners approached parents in the Somali community to recruit their children into Smart Therapy. Where a child did not have an autism diagnosis and an individual treatment plan, HASSAN and her partners worked with a QSP to get the recruited child qualified for autism services. There was no child that Smart Therapy was not able to get qualified for autism services.

As a recruitment tactic to drive up enrollment, Hassan and her partners paid monthly cash kickback payments to the parents of children who enrolled their children in Smart Therapy to receive autism services. These kickback payments ranged from approximately $300 to $1,500 per month, per child. The amount of these payments was contingent on the services DHS authorized a child to receive—the higher the authorization amount, the higher the kickback. Often, parents threatened to leave Smart Therapy and take their children to other autism centers if they did not get paid higher kickbacks. Several larger families left Smart Therapy after being offered larger kickbacks by other autism centers.

There were so many fake Somali autistic kids and so many fake Somali autism center that there was a competitive market for Somali families with lots of kids.


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: autism; homesweethome; r; smarttherapy; somali

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1 posted on 10/31/2026 4:37:11 AM PDT by DFG
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To: All

Can’t be too surprised that scammers from scamland turn out to be scammers


2 posted on 10/31/2026 4:59:08 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: DFG

WELL
Now what about the government that we paid to facilitate all this?
Some look the other way needs to be focused on.
We the tax payers not only took a fleecing but paid someone to do it.
Make crime not pay for a change.
Cut all the free crap no free meals fat kills.


3 posted on 10/31/2026 5:05:04 AM PDT by Recompennation ( Deeeeeeeeezout)
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To: DFG

Time to send every one of these Sammy thieving pirates back to Somalia before they turn America into another Somalia outdoor crapper.


4 posted on 10/31/2026 5:05:15 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Dual citizenship" has got to go. Those who want it should have to explain what they are hiding.)
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To: DFG

Do ANY Somalis actually work?


5 posted on 10/31/2026 5:08:35 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (When your Supreme Leader is easily whacked by Jews, reconsider how Akhbar your Allah is!)
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To: DFG

Leave it to the corrupt Somali colonist bass turds to come up with FAKE anchor babies. SOBs.


6 posted on 10/31/2026 5:29:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Dual citizenship" has got to go. Those who want it should have to explain what they are hiding.)
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To: Recompennation

Yes, corrupt, anti-American representatives and NGOs are helping INVADERS destroy our civilization.


7 posted on 10/31/2026 6:11:29 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Lowlife Somali Omar’s Somali campaign caterer Salim Said, ex-co-owner of the Minn Safari Restaurant and his Somali associates stole over $44 million preposterously claiming they fed up to 6,000 children daily. Omar clinched the fraud in a feeding out future video. Somalis busted for stealing tax dollars:
<><> Feisal Elmi, Aspen Associates, an autism services provider, orchestrated an alleged $8M ripoff.
<><>Jama Mohamod, American Home Healthcare, healthcare fraud totaling $3.27M;
<><>Faiza Ahmed of Home Sweet Home, billed for elderly and disabled care, stole $10M
<><>Habiba Mohammed, Smart Therapy defrauded the US govt of $20 million.
<><>Salim Ahmed Said got 30 years in prison for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud.


8 posted on 10/31/2026 6:27:19 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: DFG

The word Somali on it’s own has became a word of warning.


9 posted on 10/31/2026 6:34:30 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Liz

I wonder - do these scum get deported after their ‘hard’time? I certainly hope any remittances are caught before going to Somali or an equivalent Swiss bank account.


10 posted on 10/31/2026 6:36:18 AM PDT by linedrive ( )
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FTA-—It took a Somali village of thieves to perpetrate this obscene fraud. To facilitate the stealing of tax dollars, Somali colluders paid monthly kickback to thieving Somali parents to receive autism services....payments ranged from $300 to $1,500 per month, per Somali child. The greedy parents went to other Somali autism centers when offered larger kickbacks.

There were so many fake Somali autistic kids and so many thieving Somali autism centers that a thieving competitive market for Somali families with lots of kids developed.


11 posted on 10/31/2026 6:51:03 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: DFG

I’m certain those parents getting kickbacks dutifully paid income tax on those payments.


12 posted on 10/31/2026 6:52:26 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: DFG

I’m certain those parents getting kickbacks dutifully paid income tax on those payments.


13 posted on 10/31/2026 6:52:28 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: linedrive

I certainly hope any remittances are caught before
going to Somalia or an equivalent Swiss bank account.


These Somalis are practiced thieves.....they came here
with only one purpose in mind.....to steal tax dollars.

All the tax dollars they stole enriches them to the max.


14 posted on 10/31/2026 6:55:24 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: Liz

Another angle:
Has anyone looked for Ilhan’s 3 kids on any of the fake entity rosters?
She probably allowed use of their names to collect some kind of benefits.
Just speculating here, but a deep dive might show something.


15 posted on 10/31/2026 7:27:02 AM PDT by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: Fireone

Good point.....of course she used them......to cash in.


16 posted on 10/31/2026 7:37:24 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: DFG

And yet nothing will change with bloated medicaid, SNAP, Section 8, FHA, etc... frauds


17 posted on 10/31/2026 8:03:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Uncle Miltie

“Do ANY Somalis actually work?”

Do theft, murder, and organized crime count as work?


18 posted on 10/31/2026 8:31:08 AM PDT by unlearner (See my about page for "God's Promises During Tribulation".)
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To: DFG

6,000 = 250/hour. SHOULD BE EASY TO FIND THAT SUPPLIES TO DO SUCH WERE NEVER ORDERED OR PAID FOR


19 posted on 10/31/2026 8:49:55 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: DFG

Life imitating The Bee?


20 posted on 10/31/2026 10:24:11 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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