‘Outstanding Refugee’ Of Minnesota Faces Criminal Fraud Charges

The winner of the Minnesota 2021 “Outstanding Refugee” award has now been charged with Medicaid fraud and is tied to a sex-trafficking ring.  Salman Ahmed Elmi, a 30-year-old refugee from Somalia, won “Outstanding Refugee” in entrepreneurship award from the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Now, he faces three counts of aiding and abetting theft by ...