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MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Nine Minnesota Providers Charged in More Than $3 Million Medicaid-Fraud Cases
SAINT PAUL, MN (September 30, 2026). Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has announced criminal charges against nine health-care providers accused in separate cases of defrauding the state’s Medicaid program of more than $3 million.
The cases were investigated by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with assistance from agencies including the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Department of Human Services, local police and the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
The largest case involves Duluth psychotherapy provider Peter Jason Meilahn. Prosecutors allege that Meilahn submitted approximately 27,400 false claims for services that were never provided, resulting in more than $2.2 million in improper Medicaid payments.
Meilahn is charged in Ramsey County District Court with 11 felony theft offenses and two felony identity-theft offenses. The complaint alleges that he sometimes met with patients only a few times but continued billing Medicaid for months after treatment ended.
A separate prosecution centers on Always on Time, a Roseville personal-care-assistance agency. Owner Awo Mohamed is accused of billing Medicaid more than $675,000 for services that were not provided or were not eligible for reimbursement.
Three other defendants, including Brooklyn Park resident Mark Anthony Johnson, are charged with participating in the alleged Always on Time scheme. Johnson worked as a personal care assistant, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Prosecutors also charged Minneapolis resident Kiddjazzminne Cherrall Freeman with offenses connected to $17,000 in allegedly fraudulent billing. Freeman is separately accused of taking more than $11,000 from a vulnerable adult, failing to provide required care and using the person’s identity to obtain an electronic-benefits card.
Three additional defendants are accused of billing approximately $153,000 collectively for services that prosecutors say were not performed. The alleged conduct included claiming to provide home-care services during periods when the providers were working at other jobs.
Minnesota’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has secured 358 fraud convictions since 2019 and obtained approximately $90 million in judgments and recoveries, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Each charge remains an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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