PORTLAND — Two Twin Cities men and a Winthrop woman accused in federal court of health care welfare fraud are scheduled for a January trial. A federal grand jury last month handed up a 27-count indictment charging Garat Osman, 32, and Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, both of Lewiston, and Nancy Ludwig, 65, of Winthrop with felonies […]
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Auburn man charged with welfare fraud freed from jail
PORTLAND — An Auburn man charged in federal court with welfare fraud was freed from jail Friday. Garat Osman, 32, had been held in federal custody for more than a week pending a detention hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court. Osman was released with an electronic monitoring device equipped with a built-in GPS unit that […]
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One man released, the other held in Twin Cities welfare fraud case
PORTLAND — Two men from the Twin Cities charged with welfare fraud appeared in federal court Monday seeking release from jail. At an afternoon hearing, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge John Rich III ordered Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, of Lewiston released on $5,000 bond after seizing his passport. Rich said Ahmed would be equipped with an […]
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Lewiston-Auburn men face federal welfare fraud charges
PORTLAND — Men from Lewiston and Auburn were charged Tuesday with health care fraud involving the MaineCare program and with soliciting and receiving health care kickbacks over a roughly two-year period, federal prosecutors said. Abdirashid Ahmed, 38, of Lewiston and Garat Osman, 32, of Auburn, who both worked as interpreters, were indicted by a federal […]