$3.7M Medicaid housing fraud suspect pleads guilty
Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, admitting he and a co-defendant fraudulently obtained millions from Minnesota's Medicaid Housing Stabilization program.[1]
Prosecutors say Omar and Ibrahim Bashir Abdi billed the program for more than $3.2 million between June 2022 and April 2025 and billed for 92 hours of services after a recipient's death.[1] Charging documents also allege Omar personally collected another $480,000 through false claims and that he used some funds to buy property in Kenya.[1] He is one of 15 defendants in a broader, roughly $90 million Minnesota fraud case targeting state-funded programs.[1]
Omar drew widespread attention after he jumped from a fourth-story balcony and broke his leg while briefly fleeing an FBI arrest attempt, then was captured at a relative's home.[1]
A federal judge will set his sentence.
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- Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
- Prosecutors say Omar and co‑defendant Ibrahim Bashir Abdi fraudulently obtained more than $3.2 million from Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization program between June 2022 and April 2025.
- Charging documents say they billed for 92 hours of services after a recipient’s death, and Omar personally collected another $480,000 through additional false claims and used some funds to buy property in Kenya.
- Omar is one of 15 defendants in a broader $90 million Minnesota fraud case targeting state-funded programs.
- He previously made headlines by jumping from a fourth‑story balcony and breaking his leg while briefly escaping an FBI arrest attempt before being captured at a relative’s home.
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