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It's not a rumor anymore, it's confirmed. Abukar Dahir Osman, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the current president of the UN Security Council, has been directly tied to a healthcare company convicted of Medicaid fraud in the United States. This revelation, coming straight from the Department of Health and Human Services, exposes a glaring rot at the intersection of immigration, welfare abuse, and international diplomacy. Osman, who assumed the rotating UN presidency on January 1, 2026, now wields influence over global agendas, peacekeeping missions, and even military authorizations—all while his past involvement in defrauding American taxpayers hangs over him like a damning shadow. This isn't just an isolated embarrassment; it's a symptom of a festering systemic failure that has allowed predatory networks to bleed billions from public programs, particularly in states like Ohio and Minnesota, where Somali immigrant communities have been at the center of massive fraud schemes.

Let's dissect Osman's sordid history. Before ascending to diplomatic heights, he reportedly served as a supervisor in Ohio's Medicaid office in Franklin County, a position that should have demanded the utmost integrity. Instead, he was associated with Progressive Health Care Services, a Cincinnati-based home health agency that was slapped with a conviction for Medicaid fraud. The company's National Provider Identifier landed on the HHS Office of Inspector General's exclusion list under code 1128a1, triggering a mandatory five-year ban from federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid due to program-related crimes. This means Osman was linked to an operation that systematically cheated the system, siphoning funds meant for vulnerable Americans. And the irony? While overseeing Medicaid in Ohio, he was apparently moonlighting in a venture that exploited the very programs he was supposed to safeguard. How does someone with this baggage not only evade serious consequences but get promoted to represent a nation at the UN? It's a travesty that screams of unchecked immigration loopholes and diplomatic immunity shielding criminals from accountability.

But Osman's case doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's part of a broader, infuriating pattern of fraud plaguing Ohio's social services, where Somali-American networks have been implicated in schemes costing taxpayers over $100 million since 2018, according to state audits. These operations often masquerade as legitimate healthcare providers or daycares, billing for services never rendered, inflating claims, or creating ghost patients to rake in government dollars. Whistleblowers in Ohio have described organized rings coaching individuals on how to game the system, exploiting lax oversight to funnel money overseas or into personal pockets. The state has seen a spike in exclusions from Medicaid programs, with hundreds of providers barred for fraud, theft, and abuse. Yet, enforcement feels like a band-aid on a gaping wound—prosecutors chase small fish while the architects, like Osman, slip into roles of international prestige. This isn't incompetence; it's willful blindness by bureaucrats who prioritize diversity optics over fiscal responsibility.

Now, zoom out to the even more explosive scandal in Minnesota, where daycare fraud has exploded into a multibillion-dollar nightmare, disproportionately involving the state's large Somali immigrant population. Minnesota, home to one of the largest Somali communities in the U.S., has become ground zero for what critics call a welfare jihad against American generosity. The Feeding Our Future scandal alone saw over 70 individuals charged with defrauding more than $250 million from federal child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds, intended to feed hungry kids, were instead used to buy luxury cars, real estate, and even fund travel abroad. But it gets worse: allegations persist that some of this money ended up supporting terrorist groups in Somalia, like al-Shabaab, turning U.S. taxpayer dollars into weapons against our own interests.

The daycare angle in Minnesota is particularly egregious. Hundreds of Somali-owned child care centers have been accused of phantom enrollments, billing for non-existent children, and operating as little more than money-laundering fronts. A 2018 report highlighted over $100 million in child care welfare fraud, with funds allegedly wired to Somalia and the Middle East. Recent viral investigations have spotlighted centers claiming to serve hundreds of kids but showing empty playgrounds and locked doors during business hours. In response, the Department of Health and Human Services froze child care payments to Minnesota amid the chaos, but only after billions vanished. Governor Tim Walz's administration has been lambasted for lax verification processes, with critics arguing that progressive policies emphasizing inclusion over scrutiny created a fraudster's paradise. Walz's push for expanded child care subsidies, including raises for providers, coincided suspiciously with these schemes, raising questions about political complicity or, at best, gross negligence.

Connecting the dots between Ohio and Minnesota reveals a national crisis: unchecked migration from high-risk countries like Somalia, coupled with generous welfare systems, has bred an ecosystem ripe for exploitation. Somali immigrants, resettled in droves under humanitarian programs, have formed tight-knit networks that, in too many cases, prioritize clan loyalties over American laws. The result? States like Minnesota and Ohio hemorrhaging funds that could support actual citizens in need—elderly on fixed incomes, disabled veterans, or low-income families. Instead, we're funding fraud rings that mock our generosity. And now, with Osman at the UN helm, the insult deepens. Somalia receives over $1.3 billion in U.S. aid annually, much of it vanishing into corruption, yet we elevate their representatives to global power while they bite the hand that feeds.

This scandal demands outrage and action. Why hasn't Osman been stripped of his diplomatic status? Why does the UN, already a laughingstock for appointing human rights abusers to key roles, allow a fraud convict to preside over security matters? It's time for mass deportations of those involved in these schemes, clawbacks of stolen funds, and a moratorium on aid to nations like Somalia until they root out their own corruption. Anything less is a betrayal of American workers footing the bill. If we don't dismantle these networks now, the fraud will only metastasize, eroding trust in government and bankrupting our social safety net. Osman's rise isn't just a personal failure—it's a damning indictment of a broken system that rewards predators while punishing the honest. Enough is enough.