A Billion Dollar Somali Autism Fraud in Walz’s Minnesota
FrontPage Magazine ^ | Aug 27 2025 | Daniel Greenfield
Posted on 8/27/2025, 9:28:10 AM by texas booster
Autism claims rose from $3 million to $400 million. The $250 million Somali ‘Feeding Our Future’ free food fraud in which Somali groups stole a quarter of a billion dollars while claiming to feed hundreds of thousands of children who never existed seemed like the biggest case of welfare fraud in Minnesota, but it may be just the beginning.
Somali autism fraud, partly linked to the ‘Feeding Our Future’ scam, may be even bigger and after the FBI raids of autism clinics last December, the scale of it is still being put together. The pattern in both Somali meals for children and autism treatment for children is similar.
In 2019, Feeding Our Future distributed $3.4 million in taxpayer food aid funds to the non-profits it was sponsoring, In 2020, that shot up to $42 million and then up to $197 million in 2021. EIDBI autism claims to Medicaid in Minnesota similarly shot up from $3 million in 2018 to $54 million in 2019, $77 million in 2020, $183 million in 2021, $279 million in 2022, $399 million in 2023, and nearing $400 million most of the way through 2024 for a total of over $1.4 billion.
How did autism claims rise from $3 million to $400 million a year in just 4 years? (Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
A Somali housing official in Minnesota was found guilty of stealing public money. Sharmarke Issa, a former commissioner on the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) board, pleaded guilty to charges related to a large-scale fraud scheme that exploited public funds.
As MPHA Board Chairman, Issa was a public official in charge of overseeing taxpayer-funded public housing. The crime: Issa admitted to stealing millions of dollars intended for needy children by exploiting a federal meal program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He resigned from the MPHA board in 2022 after his properties were investigated and was later charged with wire fraud, federal programs bribery, and money laundering.
Issa’s case is part of a larger federal investigation into widespread fraud in Minnesota, in which dozens of people have been charged for stealing more than $250 million from public programs. Other prominent cases include:
<><>Feeding Our Future: This investigation involves dozens of defendants charged with diverting federal child nutrition funds meant for underprivileged children.
Nolosha Development: The Minnesota Attorney General’s office has investigated this company for allegedly defrauding Somali families by collecting down payments for homes that were never built.
Feeding Our Future defendant says his crimes hurt Somali ...
Jan 24, 2025 — Brasel told Mukhtar Shariff that his statements Friday were “dramatically different” than the testimony he gave during trial, which she described as “not credible...
Sahan Journal-——Minnesota AG wants Nolosha Development to refund customers
Apr 4, 2025 — The Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge to rule in its favor in a lawsuit against Nolosha Development, which is accused of collecting deposits from most...
Sahan Journal——Somali refugee who ran public housing agency admits to fraud...Sep 21, 2024 — Brasel will factor in his acceptance of responsibility and non-criminal history when handing down his sentence. Issa was the first migrant appointed by the Minnesota........snip