Thursday, September 18, 2025
Defendant Moktar Hassan Aden, age 30
Defendant Mustafa Dayib Ali, age 29
Defendant Khalid Ahmed Dayib, age 26
Defendant Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, age 27
United States v. Moktar Aden et al., 25-cr-349 (MJD/JFD)
(Brilliant Minds Services LLC)
In April 2022, Aden and his co-defendants, Dayib and Ali completed paperwork to enroll Aden’s company, called Brilliant Minds Services LLC, as an HSS Provider. With Abdifitah Mohamed, those defendants then purported to service individuals in need through Brilliant Minds from an office suite in the Griggs-Midway Building in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mohamed also operated another program provider called Foundation First Services LLC, which has offices in the same building. Through Foundation First, Mohamed claimed to provide Program-reimbursable consultation services to other HSS providers, including Brilliant Minds.
The defendants, along with their employees at Brilliant Minds, were supposed to provide housing consulting, transitioning, and sustaining services to qualifying people in need. Instead, the defendants caused the submission of fake and inflated bills and provided only a fraction of their claimed total.
In all, between approximately September 2022 and April 2025, Brilliant Minds submitted reimbursement claims totaling about $2.3 million. From such claims, in 2024, Brilliant Minds LLC was one of the ten highest-billing HSS providers state-wide.
The defendants diverted some of those taxpayer dollars to their conspirators, and they kept much for themselves. From about April 2023 through about May 2025, each of the defendants personally pocketed between about $300,000 and $400,000 from Brilliant Minds. The defendants also shared a Platinum American Express credit card, on which they accrued nearly half a million dollars in charges to fund and enhance their lifestyles. The defendants paid those charges using Brilliant Mind’s company accounts.
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Defendant Christopher Adesoji Falade, age 62
Defendant Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, age 32
United States v. Christopher Falade, et al., 25-cr-351 (JMB/DJF)
(Faladcare Inc.)
Christopher Falade and his son, Emmanuel Falade, worked together to run Faladcare Inc. as a provider in the HSS Program.
The Falades, along with their employees at Faladcare, were supposed to provide housing consulting, transitioning, and sustaining services to qualifying people in need.
Instead, over the course of years, the Falades and their conspirators created and submitted Program reimbursement claims that were inflated and fraudulent. By doing so, Faladcare received Program payments far exceeding the HSS services they had actually provided. In all, the Falades claimed to service about 100 different beneficiaries and for such services claimed to be entitled to over $2.2 million. The Falades diverted much of their fraud proceeds to their conspirators, including to their Faladcare employees.
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Defendant Asad Ahmed Adow, age 26
United States v. Asad Ahmed Adow, 25-cr-354 (ADM)
(Leo Human Services LLC)
Asad Adow was the owner and principal of Leo Human Services LLC, a company based out of a business suite in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Adow operated Leo as an HSS Provider from a residence in Blaine, Minnesota and a business suite in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
Asad Adow directed his employees at Leo Human Services to bill as much as they could. At the same time, Adow made clear to those employees that he would not scrutinize the purported billable hours his employees submitted. In this way, Asad Adow incentivized his employees, who were paid hourly wages, to inflate their hours. As the company owner and principal, Asad Adow made more money when his employees overrepresented their billings—which Asad Adow then submitted for Program reimbursement.
Asad Adow also trained his employees at Leo to create notes detailing the purported services they provided. The HSS Program does not require providers to submit such notes to receive reimbursements. However, Asad Adow directed his employees to create service notes so that the company would have them in case DHS ever conducted an audit. Once again, Asad Adow knew that his employees were manufacturing notes that falsely represented their having provided Program services.
Ultimately, based on inflated and fraudulent claims, Leo Human Services received about $2.7 million in Program funds based on the company’s claims to have provided services to about 250 beneficiaries.
Asad Adow diverted much of those taxpayer dollars to his conspirators, including his employees at Leo and his brother, Anwar Adow. Asad Adow also spent proceeds from his scheme to invest in real estate in Kenya, to lease an apartment in Roseville, Minnesota and a 2024 BMW X4, and to fund his lifestyle.
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Defendant Anwar Ahmed Adow, age 25
United States v. Anwar Ahmed Adow, 25-cr-353 (PAM)
(Liberty Plus LLC)
Anwar Adow was the owner and principal of Liberty Plus LLC, a company based out of a business suite in Roseville, Minnesota. In April 2024, Anwar Adow applied to be an HSS provider. Anwar Adow thereafter purported to service individuals in need through Liberty from a business suite in Roseville, Minnesota.
Anwar Adow directed his employees at Liberty Plus to bill as much as they could. At the same time, Anwar Adow made clear to those employees that he would not scrutinize the purported billable hours his employees submitted to him. In this way, Anwar Adow incentivized his employees, who were paid hourly wages, to inflate their hours. As the company owner and principal, Anwar Adow made more money when his employees overrepresented their billings—which Anwar Adow then submitted for Program reimbursement.
Ultimately, based on inflated and fraudulent claims, Liberty Plus received more than $1.2 million in Medicaid funds for services purportedly provided to approximately 200 beneficiaries.
Anwar Adow diverted much of those taxpayer dollars to his conspirators, including his employees at Liberty and his brother, Asad Adow. Anwar Adow also spent proceeds from his scheme to lease a 2023 Mercedes-Benz CLA, to make investments, and to fund his lifestyle.
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota
Thursday, September 18, 2025