Sprawling ‘Minneapolis-Style’ Somali Fraud Scheme Uncovered In New State
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on January 22, 2026
By jake
Office buildings across Maine are filling up with home health care companies that appear to exist mostly on paper, raising red flags that mirror massive fraud schemes uncovered in Minnesota and, in some cases, leaving taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars before disappearing, a NewsNation investigation found.
In one Portland office building, 10 home health care companies connected to Somalis make up roughly half the tenants. The landlord says he rarely sees anyone from most of them.
“One guy I see coming and going, and the rest of them, I never see them, only when they pay their rent, if I’m here when they pay their rent,” said building owner Ron Nevins. “They’re never here. Nobody’s over here, and then all of a sudden, if it was one or two or three or four, I’d be like, ‘OK.’ But when there’s 10, I’ve had as many as 12 or 13 probably before. You just wonder, what’s up with this health care thing? Why are so many people doing it all from foreign lands?”
Asked whether he believes the businesses are legitimate, Nevins was blunt.
“Some, yes, but some I highly question,” he said.
The clustering of multiple home health care providers at single addresses mirrors fraud indicators identified by the House Oversight Committee in Minnesota, where investigators say billions in taxpayer dollars were siphoned off through Somali-linked shell companies billing for services that were never delivered.
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