April 16, 2026

A convicted Somali fraudster turned fugitive now accused of ripping nearly $11 million from Minnesota Medicaid once maxed out a donation to Rep. Ilhan Omar, records reviewed by the Washington Examiner show. Abdirashid Ismail Said, fleeing what the state calls its largest-ever Medicaid fraud case, gave Omar $1,000 in 2015 before his sham billing scheme blew up — a jarring link that now puts the congresswoman’s early donor list under the spotlight.

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