A major fraud case in Minnesota just took a dramatic turn. A man accused of orchestrating one of the largest public assistance scams in state history has vanished after failing to appear in court, triggering a nationwide manhunt.
Abdirashid Ismail Said, 50, is now officially a fugitive after he did not show up for a scheduled pretrial hearing in Hennepin County on April 8. The court wasted no time responding. A judge revoked his $150,000 unconditional bond and issued a warrant for his arrest, allowing authorities across the country to pursue him.
Law enforcement agencies, including the Minnesota Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, have now teamed up with federal officials to track him down. Investigators are also examining whether Said may have quietly boarded a flight and fled before authorities could stop him, a concern prosecutors had previously raised when warning about the risks of releasing him.
At the center of the case is an alleged fraud operation that prosecutors say siphoned off nearly $11 million from Minnesota’s Medicaid program over a four-year period. The charges were first filed in December 2023 by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who described the case as the largest Medicaid fraud prosecution his office has ever handled.
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