A suspect from Minnesota, accused of engaging in fraudulent activities, has been apprehended after attempting to escape law enforcement. This was confirmed by FBI Director Kash Patel.
“Following today’s collaborative press conference, which unveiled 15 indictments related to public healthcare fraud in Minnesota, we have successfully arrested Muhammad Omar,” Patel shared in a statement on Thursday via X, referring to the individual who initially evaded capture during the FBI’s raid.
Earlier at the news conference, FBI Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia detailed that the fugitive had made a dramatic escape by leaping from a fourth-story balcony as authorities closed in.
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Surveillance footage released by the Department of Justice shows Minnesota Medicaid fraud suspect Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar evading FBI agents. Omar is accused of orchestrating a $3.3 million fraud scheme, which involved submitting false Medicaid claims through two home health care companies. This occurred prior to his disappearance amidst a widespread DOJ operation targeting fraudulent activities.
Federal Bureau of Investigations Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia addresses the media to announce actions to combat fraud in Minnesota at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on May 21, 2026, in 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 company — with fraudulent claims for services not provided and diverting the proceeds for personal benefit,” Patel’s post stated regarding Omar. “Subject was located arrested within 2 hours.”
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel prepares to testify for a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026, in 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 one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud in connection with a scheme to submit $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program of Minnesota Medicaid, of which approximately $3.2 million was paid,” according to the Justice Department.
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“As alleged in 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, through NHHC and SHHC, submitted claims to the HSS Program for services that they did not provide and for more services than were actually provided to Medicaid recipients. Omar and Abdi then created records falsifying the services that they claimed to have provided to Medicaid recipients and provided those records to insurers to justify their fraudulent claims,” the DOJ asserted.