Minnesota Medicaid Fraudster Jumps Off Balcony to Flee Feds
Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, a Minnesota man charged with Medicaid fraud, jumped off a fourth-story balcony to evade arrest by federal agents. He is accused of submitting $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to the Minnesota Medicaid program. As of now, Omar remains at large, and the FBI is actively searching for him.
- ▪Omar was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and multiple counts of health care fraud.
- ▪He allegedly submitted fraudulent claims for services that were never provided to Medicaid recipients.
- ▪The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 15 individuals as part of a broader crackdown on fraud in Minnesota.
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Minnesota Medicaid Fraudster Jumps Off Balcony to Flee Feds Catherine Salgado | 5:30 PM on May 21, 2026 AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar was so desperate to escape federal agents who came to arrest him for millions of dollars in Medicaid fraud that he jumped off a fourth-story balcony, and yet somehow got up and continued to flee on foot. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); As of early Thursday afternoon, unfortunately, Omar remains at large and on the run. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has not yet released a statement about Omar on its own official channels, though FBI Co-Deputy Director Christopher Raia mentioned Omar during a press conference.
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