FBI raids Bloomington home-care office after DHS suspension
FBI agents on Thursday searched Ultimate Home Health Services’ office in a plaza off 17th Ave S near Old Shakopee Rd in Bloomington, days after Minnesota DHS immediately suspended the firm’s home- and community-based services license citing fraud and imminent risk of harm. A Dec. 5 DHS letter alleges clients didn’t require billed services, a client death wasn’t reported, and staff gave false information; the raid follows DHS’s Dec. 4 announcement pausing new disability-services licensing amid surging applications.
📌 Key Facts
- FOX 9 observed FBI agents carrying boxes from the Bloomington office; the door to Ultimate Home Health Services appeared forced.
- DHS’s Dec. 5 letter imposed an immediate suspension, citing imminent risk and pending administrative action related to fraud.
- Allegations include non-required services, failure to report a client death, and false statements to licensors; DHS separately paused new HCBS/disability-services licenses statewide starting Dec. 4.
📊 Relevant Data
Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of people, many from Minnesota's Somali community, with stealing more than $1 billion from federal programs meant to feed children and house disabled people in Minnesota.
How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch — The New York Times
Minnesota's Somali population is approximately 107,000, representing about 2% of the state's total population in 2024.
By the numbers: Minnesota’s Somali population, according to census data — KTTC
The manager of Ultimate Home Health Services LLC is Othman Mohamed, who has multiple healthcare-related businesses registered in his name.
KARE 11 Investigates: Death raises new fraud allegations in Minnesota’s Medicaid-funded ICS program — KARE 11