The scale of welfare fraud in Minnesota is staggering, and a local realtor is pulling back the curtain on how some in the Somali community allegedly exploited the system to siphon millions from taxpayers. In a video that’s gaining traction, the realtor stands in a snowy neighborhood, pointing out abandoned homes used as sham addresses for “home care” billing. She claims 455 properties have been confirmed as part of the scam, where empty houses are listed as residences for non-existent patients, allowing fraudsters to bill the state for services never provided.
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Standing in front of a gray house with a red door, the realtor explains how these vacant properties—many in Somali-majority areas—are key to the operation. “These are the homes that are being used as addresses for home care fraud,” she says, noting the lack of occupants while bills rack up. It’s not just small change; Minnesota’s home care system ballooned from $2.6 million annually to $1.2 billion by 2023, with scams like this fueling the explosion.
This ties into the broader fraud wave in the state, where Somali-run nonprofits stole hundreds of millions during COVID, much of it wired back to fund Al-Shabaab terrorists. Federal prosecutors have convicted 61 in related schemes, like Feeding Our Future’s $250 million heist. Ohio’s seeing similar, with whistleblowers exposing kickbacks and ghost billing.
The left calls scrutiny “xenophobia,” but this is theft on a massive scale, draining resources from those who need them. Trump’s TPS revocation for Somalis is a start—stop the flow, stop the fraud. Minnesota taxpayers deserve answers; why no audits? Demand accountability before more billions vanish.
