NEWS ALERT: Minnesota Judge Overturns Guilty Verdict in $7 Million Taxpayer Fraud Case

November 25, 2025

From Breitbart: A judge in Hennepin County, Minnesota, has overturned a guilty verdict in the case of a man accused of stealing $7.2 million from taxpayers.

The case centered around Abdifatah Yusuf running a home healthcare company called Promise Health from a mailbox. He and his wife, Lul Ahmed, were later charged with stealing the money via Medicaid overbilling in the scam, KARE 11 reported Monday.

However, the outlet said, “Despite the jury swiftly convicting Yusuf, Judge Sarah West last week decided that they got it wrong, overturning the verdict and issuing a judgment of acquittal.”

The outlet continued:

Defense attorney Joe Tamburino, who is not affiliated with the case, reviewed the decision and analyzed it for KARE 11 News. He says Judge West ruled that the state’s case “relied heavily on circumstantial evidence,” and that she believed the state didn’t rule out other “reasonable inferences.”

KARE11 quoted jury foreperson Ben Walfoot as saying about their verdict, “It was not a difficult decision whatsoever. The deliberation took probably four hours at most. Based off of the state’s evidence that was presented, it was beyond a reasonable doubt.”

However, last week, Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Judge Sarah West decided the jury didn’t get it right and overturned the verdict, issuing an acquittal.

The judge’s decision has sparked major outrage. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) wrote, “RIDICULOUS: A jury found Abdifatah Yusuf guilty of stealing $7.2 million from Minnesota taxpayers through Medicaid fraud. But a judge just overturned that verdict for reasons she can’t even coherently articulate. The rot runs deep.”

RIDICULOUS: A jury found Abdifatah Yusuf guilty of stealing $7.2 million from Minnesota taxpayers through Medicaid fraud. But a judge just overturned that verdict for reasons she can’t even coherently articulate.

The rot runs deep. pic.twitter.com/afwT1oDwwK

— Tom Emmer (@GOPMajorityWhip) November 25, 2025