Minnesota fraud suspect who jumped from building is arrested, FBI says

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A Minnesota fishy accused of perpetrating fraud was captured aft fleeing from instrumentality enforcement, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.

"After today’s interagency property league announcing 15 nationalist healthcare fraud indictments successful Minnesota, the beneath taxable who fled erstwhile FBI executed today’s raid - Muhammad Omar - has present been arrested," Patel announced successful a Thursday station connected X.

FBI Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia had said during a quality league connected Thursday that an idiosyncratic fled aft leaping from a fourth-story balcony.

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Minnesota Medicaid fraud fishy  Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar fleeing FBI successful  surveillance video

Minnesota Medicaid fraud fishy Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar is seen fleeing FBI agents successful surveillance video released by the Justice Department. Omar is wanted for an alleged $3.3 cardinal strategy involving fraudulent Medicaid claims done 2 location wellness attraction companies earlier disappearing arsenic agents moved successful a DOJ fraud crackdown. (Department of Justice)

FBI Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia

Federal Bureau of Investigations Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia addresses media to denote actions for combating fraud successful Minnesota astatine the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota connected May 21, 2026 successful Minneapolis, Minn. (David Berding/Getty Images)

"He is charged with healthcare fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1349, 18 U.S.C. § 1347) involving a Housing Stabilization Services institution - with fraudulent claims for services not provided and diverting the proceeds for idiosyncratic benefit," Patel's station stated regarding Omar. "Subject was located arrested wrong 2 hours."

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FBI Director Kash Patel

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel prepares to attest for a Senate Committee connected Appropriations, Subcommittee connected Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies proceeding successful the Dirksen Senate Office Building connected Capitol Hill connected May 12, 2026 successful Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, 32, of Roseville, Minnesota, and Ibrahim Bashir Abdi, 25, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, were charged by indictment with 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate wellness attraction fraud and 4 counts of wellness attraction fraud successful transportation with a strategy to taxable $3.3 cardinal successful fraudulent claims to the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program of Minnesota Medicaid, of which astir $3.2 cardinal was paid," according to the Justice Department.

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"As alleged successful the indictment, Omar and Abdi co-owned and operated North Home Health Care LLC (NHHC) and Omar individually owned South Home Health Care LLC (SHHC). Omar and Abdi, done NHHC and SHHC, submitted claims to the HSS Program for services that they did not supply and for much services than were really provided to Medicaid recipients. Omar and Abdi past created records falsifying the services that they claimed to person provided to Medicaid recipients and provided those records to insurers to warrant their fraudulent claims," the DOJ asserted.

Alex Nitzberg is simply a writer for Fox News Digital.

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