Minnesota autism, disabled services providers among 15 charged with Medicaid fraud

The Justice Department said the defendants defrauded Minnesota Medicaid and other programs of more than $90 million, and two of them billed for autism services that were never provided.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced criminal charges against 15 people in Minnesota accused of defrauding Medicaid and several other state-run social services programs of more than $90 million.

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“The fraud here in Minnesota is shocking,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald during a press conference in Minneapolis. “This is not the end of our work.”

Top officials, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, joined McDonald in Minneapolis to announce the charges.