The Brief

• • A Blaine, Minnesota man has been charged with Medicaid fraud after allegedly submitting thousands of dollars in false claims, including billing for care provided to a deceased patient.
  • Ahmed Mohammed Alsaid Agwa faces four counts of theft by false representation and two counts of aiding and abetting theft by false representation for alleged crimes occurring between 2020 and 2024.
  • In one case, Alsaid Agwa allegedly billed Medicaid for hours worked on January 28, 2024, ten days after a patient had died.

(FOX 9) - A Blaine, Minnesota man is facing charges after an investigation by the Minnesota Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Unit is accused of submitting false claims, including claims for care provided to a dead patient.

Fraud charges filed

The backstory:

Ahmed Mohammed Alsaid Agwa is facing four counts of theft by false representation and two counts of aiding and abetting theft by false representation.

According to the charges, the alleged crimes occurred between 2020 and 2024. Alsaid Agwa was a worker for Pride ‘N’ Living Home Care.

The investigation into him followed an initial investigation into another defendant, Shawki Mohamed Hamed Elsaid, Alsaid Agwa's brother, the charges state.

Medicaid billed for care provided to dead patient

What we know:

The complaint alleges that investigators determined Alsaid Agwa submitted thousands of dollars in false claims when he could not have performed the services he claimed to have provided.

In most of the instances,...

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