‘Somali Democrat Medicaid Fraud’ Ring Got Raided in Maine [WATCH]

Investigative journalist Steve Robinson detailed what he described as a significant federal investigation involving Gateway Community Services, a Lewiston, Maine–based organization connected to a network of migrant-run nonprofits, Medicaid billing, and Democratic Party officials in the state.

Robinson said the organization at the center of the investigation operates as a for-profit entity while maintaining a 501(c)(3) filing that allows it to receive grant funding.

“Nonprofits and forming Medicaid agencies. The particular agency in question is called Gateway Community Services, and it’s a for-profit company that just has a 501 (c)(3) filing in order to accept grant money when you need a c3 filing,” Robinson said.

Gateway Community Services is located on Canal Street in Lewiston, an area Robinson described as a central hub for multiple migrant-run organizations.

Robinson said he was present at the site during what appeared to be a law enforcement action.

“But it has an office on Canal Street in Lewiston, and I was actually on site there, investigating and doing some monologs in front of the building,” Robinson said.

“When about 15 HSI agents rolled up with what appeared to be a search warrant, it looked like they were coming there to take away computers and filing cabinets.”

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Robinson said the building houses numerous organizations tied to migrant services and Medicaid-funded operations.

“And what’s interesting about that building guy is it’s kind of a nexus for a host of migrant run NGOs,” he said.

“There’s the Maine immigrant rights coalition. There are no generational nor a bunch of home health care agencies that also bill Medicaid, or, as we call it in Maine, MaineCare.”

According to Robinson, the location functions as a shared space for multiple groups involved in health care and migrant advocacy.

“So this is a building that serves as kind of a catch all space for tons of migrant organizations,” he said.

Robinson said the investigation extends beyond what he described as alleged Medicaid fraud and includes political connections to Maine Democrats.

“And another thing I would say about this particular location and Gateway Community Services is that it’s not just a Somali Medicaid fraud,” Robinson said.

“It’s a Somali Democrat Medicaid fraud.”

Robinson alleged that Gateway Community Services has extensive ties to the Democratic Party in Maine, including connections to Governor Janet Mills and her administration.

“Because this is an organization with elaborate and extensive ties to the main Democratic Party, including Governor Janet Mills and her administration,” Robinson said.

He pointed to the involvement of Democratic lawmakers Yusuf Yusuf and Deqa Dhalac, both of whom Robinson said are linked to the organization.

“There are two Democratic lawmakers, Representative Yusuf Yusuf and Representative Deqa Dhalac who have both their state lawmakers, members of the Democratic Party,” Robinson said.

Robinson also cited the appointment of Eklas Ahmed, a former Gateway Community Services employee, to a senior role within state government.

“And Janet Mills, when she was forming the Office of New Americans as a migrant resettlement agency for the state of Maine, picked a woman named Eklas Ahmed, who is a former employee of Gateway Community Services,” Robinson said.

According to Robinson, Gateway Community Services also received contracts from the Mills administration without a competitive bidding process.

“And furthermore, Gateway received many no bid contracts from the Mills administration for the purposes of doing community health outreach work,” he said.

Robinson said those contracts included activities tied to voter registration efforts during the 2022 election cycle.

“Which involved registering migrants to vote in the 2022 election,” he said.

Robinson said the organization’s political and financial connections distinguish it from other entities facing scrutiny.

“So this is not just any run of the mill organization that was fraudulently billing Medicaid, allegedly,” Robinson said.

“It’s one that was very, very well tied and connected to the main Democratic Party, and remains tied to the Democratic Party.”

WATCH:

HOLY SMOKES. The Democrat Governor of Maine gave state contracts to a Somali NGO that REGISTERED MIGRANTS TO VOTE in the 2022 election…

…that Somali NGO has been caught committing Medicaid fraud.

WOW.

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