Attorney Says US Gov’t Investigating Somali Welfare Fraud In Ohio
The focus is now shifting from Democrat-run Minneapolis to what is being framed as a potentially nationwide welfare fraud epidemic…
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Allegations of welfare fraud involving Minneapolis daycare centers tied to Somali operators have circulated in the news cycle for years with limited traction; however, it was not until a high-visibility, bombshell investigation by citizen journalist Nick Shirley that the topic was reignited and thrust back into the news cycle. The focus is now shifting from Democrat-run Minneapolis to what is being framed as a potentially nationwide welfare fraud epidemic.
On Sunday, Breitbart News published an interview with Ohio attorney Mehek Cooke, who alleges that members of the Somali community in Ohio have defrauded millions of dollars from the state’s Medicaid program.
“So these individuals tried to report the fraud that was happening in Ohio and eventually came to me saying that we are watching providers rubber-stamp paperwork for home health.
And there are many states like this, Pennsylvania and others too, where you can go in and say, ‘My aging parent needs home health care. I want to provide it.’
The state will, as long as a doctor has approved it, continue to pay you. It could be for 10 hours, 12 hours, up to 24 hours when it is critical care.
So you could sit at home without caring for an elderly parent who really does not need it and make about $75,000 to $90,000 a year. Now you add two parents, that is $180,000. Now you add your in-laws, $250,000.
You continue to add this and you wonder, what services are actually being provided? So a lot of providers came to me and said fraud is occurring because we refused to rubber-stamp this paperwork.
So they went to other providers in their home health care networks saying, ‘We will make it worth your while.’ Well, that sounds like a kickback to me.
So we really need to investigate the Medicaid system, how much it has expanded since the Somali population arrived, and who truly needs critical care, because that is meant for the disabled, the elderly, and people who genuinely need it, not for people to live off the system.
And that is what is happening in Ohio. I think it is ridiculous. I think it is despicable. But authorities are now looking at it, from the Attorney General’s office to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
I flagged them all because these are Ohio tax dollars and we have to take it seriously. I am tired of people telling me, ‘Well, this is the way it has always been. It is subjective, and we cannot really check.’
No, you can. Audit America. Audit Ohio now.”
.@MehekCooke: Taxpayer-funded medical fraud is also widespread in Ohio.
“We really need to investigate the Medicaid system and how much it’s increased since the Somalian population came.” pic.twitter.com/8pJCzjK4qo
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 28, 2025
Elon Musk, the former DOGE head who was investigating this kind of fraud on the federal level, noted, “The fraud of your taxpayer money is happening nationwide and is liberally applied to attract illegal (and some legal) immigrants who will reliably vote Democrat. The more you look, the more you find. And you don’t need to be a world-class detective to figure it out. This is brazen, daylight robbery.”
Rep. Ismail Mohamed (D-OH):
Bragging about naming a street in Ohio after the Father of Somalia…
Bragging about Somalian’s infiltrating the City, State, and Federal level, and says he’s in a Group Chat with them and their main objective “Our main objective is to discuss all… pic.twitter.com/vidX6mCKPh
— Papo (@Papo352) August 15, 2025
Remember, it was the Democratic Party that threw a fit when DOGE began investigating fraud, waste, and abuse on the federal level. And now we know why. What comes next is likely an expansion of DOGE-esque investigations (perhaps with an army of citizen journalists) aimed at blue states suspected of massive welfare fraud schemes.
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