Man Charged in Alleged $675K Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Published: September 26th, 2026.
ST. PAUL MN: — Awo Ahmed Mohamed is facing six felony theft charges in Ramsey County after prosecutors alleged he used a St. Paul-based health services company to fraudulently obtain more than $675,000 from Minnesota’s Medicaid program.
Mohamed is charged with six counts of theft by false representation. Five counts involve alleged thefts of more than $35,000, while the sixth involves more than $5,000. The charges cover alleged conduct between September 2020 and June 2023.
According to the criminal complaint, Mohamed owned and operated Always on Time Health Services Inc., which provided personal care assistance and other Medicaid-funded services. Investigators with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit allege Mohamed and others submitted thousands of fraudulent claims for services that either were never provided or were not eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
The complaint alleges the company received payments for more than 13,000 hours of services investigators determined were not provided, resulting in more than $250,000 in Medicaid reimbursements. Investigators also allege claims were submitted for services supposedly provided while some recipients were incarcerated, hospitalized or otherwise in facilities where the services could not have been provided.
Prosecutors further allege Always on Time submitted claims supported by blank or incomplete timesheets. According to the complaint, Medicaid reimbursed the company more than $275,000 for claims associated with missing or incomplete documentation. Investigators also allege the company received more than $85,000 for services attributed to workers who were no longer eligible to provide Medicaid-funded services because required background studies had not been completed.
The complaint also describes substantial amounts of money moving out of company bank accounts. Investigators allege Mohamed wrote several large checks to himself and made or received substantial withdrawals and transfers. Prosecutors further allege he directed employees to send money through Cash App to some Medicaid recipients or their responsible parties.
In total, investigators identified more than 9,000 individual claims that they allege resulted in Medicaid paying more than $675,000 to Always on Time based on fraudulent submissions.
The allegations contained in a criminal complaint are not evidence of guilt. Mohamed is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.