# Minnesota Medicaid fraud and sex trafficking investigation

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/minnesota-medicaid-fraud-and-sex-trafficking-investigation
> Updated: 2026-08-18T14:15:58.000Z. Sources: 13. Developments: 2.

Minnesota authorities have brought charges against several individuals involved in a large-scale Medicaid fraud scheme and a related sex trafficking ring.

Initial reports detailed charges against Salman Ahmed Elmi and Mohamed Haji Rashid. Elmi, whose company Reva Health previously received an “Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship,” is accused of billing Medicaid for over $1 million in services that were either ineligible or never provided. The scheme allegedly involved fabricating documents and paying illegal kickbacks. Rashid faces felony theft charges for allegedly billing over $300,000 for services that were not provided.

Subsequent developments linked these fraud allegations to a sex trafficking operation. Prosecutors charged four individuals, including former Anoka County assistant attorney Andrea Leigh Sampson, in connection with a ring that allegedly involved at least 13 victims between 2019 and 2024. Sampson is accused of having ownership interests in commercial sex houses and an assisted living facility used to bill Medicaid for more than $500,000. Frank Devon Reeves is identified as a co-owner of Reva Health and is accused of operating the trafficking ring.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-18: Minnesota sex trafficking and Medicaid fraud case involves former prosecutor

A former Anoka County prosecutor and three others face charges for operating a sex trafficking ring and an alleged Medicaid fraud scheme in Minnesota involving over $1 million.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/minnesota-sex-trafficking-and-medicaid-fraud-case-involves-former-prosecutor

### 2026-08-18: Minnesota man charged in $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme

A Minnesota man previously honored with an “outstanding refugee” award, Salman Ahmed Elmi, faces felony charges for an alleged $1 million Medicaid fraud scheme involving Reva Health.

10 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/minnesota-men-charged-in-15-million-medicaid-fraud-scheme

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