Moktar Hassan Aden, Wire Fraud, Minnesota 2022

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota – A massive housing stabilization fraud scheme has been dismantled with the arrest of eight defendants, including Moktar Hassan Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, and Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, who have been federally charged with wire fraud.

The scheme, which defrauded the state's Housing Stability Services Program, was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, who stated that the scope of the crisis is 'schemes stacked upon schemes, draining resources meant for those in need.'

The Housing Stability Services Program was designed to help people with disabilities, including seniors and those with mental illnesses and substance use disorders, find and maintain housing. However, the defendants obtained and misappropriated millions of dollars in program funds by submitting fake and inflated bills.

A federal investigation revealed that many Program providers defrauded the system by acquiring the names of Program-eligible beneficiaries from facilities like addiction treatment centers and using that information to submit reimbursement claims. The providers then used the ill-gotten gains for their own enrichment.

The defendants, along with their employees at Brilliant Minds Services LLC, were supposed to provide housing consulting, transitioning, and sustaining services to qualifying people in need. Instead, they caused the submission of fake and inflated bills and provided only a fraction of their claimed total.

The Program paid out over $21 million in claims in 2021, $42 million in 2022, $74 million in 2023, $104 million in 2024, and another $61 million in the first six months of 2025.

Defendant Moktar Hassan Aden, age 30, Defendant Mustafa Dayib Ali, age 29, Defendant Khalid Ahmed Dayib, age 26, and Defendant Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, age 27, have been charged with wire fraud. The exact date of the crime is not specified, but the investigation began in April 2022. The outcome of the case is ongoing.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/defendants-charged-first-wave-housing-stabilization-fraud-cases