A suspect from Minnesota, accused of committing fraud, has been apprehended following an escape attempt from law enforcement authorities, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Patel shared the update on Thursday via a post on X, stating, “Following today’s interagency press conference where we announced 15 indictments related to public healthcare fraud in Minnesota, the individual who evaded capture during the FBI’s raid—Muhammad Omar—has now been taken into custody.”
During a Thursday press briefing, FBI Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia revealed that the suspect had made a dramatic escape by jumping from a fourth-floor balcony.
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Surveillance footage released by the Department of Justice shows Minnesota Medicaid fraud suspect Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar fleeing from FBI agents. Omar is implicated in a $3.3 million scam involving fraudulent Medicaid claims through two home health care companies and managed to vanish as agents executed a broader DOJ fraud operation.
FBI Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia addressed the media on May 21, 2026, in Minneapolis, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, to detail ongoing efforts to tackle fraud in the state.
“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.
