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First Defendant Pleads Guilty in Minnesota Medicaid Housing Fraud Case

Prosecutors describe a broader scheme exploiting a lightly controlled housing benefit funded by Medicaid.

Overview

  • Anwar Ahmed Adow pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for falsified billing tied to Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services program.
  • Court records say he told Liberty Plus LLC employees to “bill as much as they could” and not scrutinize hours, inflating claims for about 200 clients.
  • Liberty Plus received more than $1.2 million in Medicaid reimbursements, which Adow admitted diverting to co‑conspirators and luxury spending including a 2023 Mercedes‑Benz lease.
  • Adow is the first conviction among eight defendants charged in September, and prosecutors say more cases are expected in successive waves.
  • State officials are working to terminate the housing benefit after rapid spending growth and minimal safeguards that prosecutors say enabled fraud.