Keith Ellison Is Suddenly Prosecuting Fraud After Whistleblowers Said He Buried It

Thirty whistleblowers warned Keith Ellison that Minnesota was being looted – and he buried every one of them.

This week he charged a home health fraudster and called a press conference.

Now he wants a standing ovation for discovering the fire he helped set.

The Case Ellison Is Touting This Week

Minnesota's Attorney General announced charges this week against Gertrue Kemunto Mongare, 34, owner of B&G Caring Angels LLC – a Medicaid-enrolled home health agency in the Twin Cities.

Six felony counts of theft by false representation.

Mongare allegedly submitted more than 3,000 claims over four years – $611,056.81 in taxpayer money for care that was never provided.

Investigators found zero documentation of care delivered. Workers were never screened. Mongare told investigators she tracked hours by word of mouth.

She didn't even know the names of some of the patients she was billing for.

One actual client told investigators that when workers did show up, they spent the time on their phones.

Reporters went to the business address for comment. Nobody answered. When they called, someone hung up.

That's the operation Ellison's state funded for four years before anyone noticed.

Ellison's Office Has Known About This for Years

Here's what Keith Ellison doesn't want you to think about while he's taking a victory lap.

The House Oversight Committee held a hearing this month and laid out the timeline in ugly detail.

Ellison was warned. Repeatedly. More than 30 whistleblowers – including Democrats – told investigators they raised alarms and got ignored, retaliated against, and surveilled for speaking up.

Chairman James Comer's conclusion: Ellison and Walz didn't protect the whistleblowers. They protected the system.

Federal prosecutors now estimate fraud in just 14 of Minnesota's high-risk Medicaid programs could exceed $9 billion – half or more of the $18 billion billed since 2018.

In January, Ellison's same fraud unit charged Mohamed Abdirashid Omarxeyd with eight felonies for looting $3 million through his Minneapolis agency, Guardian Home Health Services.

U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson didn't call it isolated. He called it "industrial-scale fraud." He said Minnesota had built a "fraud tourism industry" – outsiders literally flying in from Philadelphia to sign up as providers, steal millions, and fly home.

And through all of it, Ellison's office charged one case at a time while the billions kept walking out the door.

The Cover Is Crumbling

Ellison isn't prosecuting fraud because he had a change of heart.

He's prosecuting fraud because the House Oversight Committee is watching, the Trump administration froze $259 million in federal Medicaid funding last month, and JD Vance is on television explaining what Minnesota failed to do.

When Vance and Dr. Mehmet Oz announced the funding freeze, Walz called it "totally illegal" and "a campaign of retribution."

Ellison's office called the federal crackdown damaging.

These are the same two men who – according to three dozen whistleblowers – spent years making sure nothing happened to the fraudsters.

Now they're running a fraud task force and asking the legislature for $55 million to fix the system they broke.

Democrats in the House blocked a bipartisan Office of Inspector General bill twice this week. Called a new law enforcement agency "unnecessary."

Twice. This week.

Ellison charging a $600,000 home health fraudster while $9 billion disappears isn't justice.

It's a press release. Don't fall for it.

Sources:

• KSTP 5 Eyewitness News, "Charges: Home health care agency owner defrauded Medicaid out of $600K," KSTP, March 12, 2026.
• Minnesota Attorney General's Office, "Attorney General Ellison announces over $3 million in fraud charges against Medicaid provider," ag.state.mn.us, January 14, 2026.
• House Oversight Committee, "Hearing Wrap Up: Minnesota Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison Lied About Knowledge of Fraud and Silenced Whistleblowers," oversight.house.gov, March 4, 2026.
• Paragon Health Institute, "Beyond Minnesota: Four Medicaid Services Vulnerable to Fraud and the Case for Stronger CMS Enforcement," paragoninstitute.org, February 2026.
• Fox 9, "MN fraud response: Gov. Walz announces major plan to centralize, modernize DHS," Fox 9, March 10, 2026.
• Minnesota Reformer, "Minnesota investigating at least 200 providers for potential fraud in 14 Medicaid services," minnesotareformer.com, February 25, 2026.