APPEALS COURT REINSTATES $7.2M FRAUDSTER’S GUILTY VERDICTS AFTER ACTIVIST JUDGE TOSSED THEM A Hennepin County jury convicted Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf in August 2025 on six counts of Medicaid theft by swindle for running a sham company that billed more than $7.2 million. Three months later, Judge Sarah West threw the entire verdict out. The jury foreperson was stunned: “I’m shocked based on all the evidence that was presented to us and the obvious guilt we saw. It was not a difficult decision whatsoever.” On Monday, a unanimous three-judge panel on the Minnesota Court of Appeals sided with the jury. The panel found Yusuf ran Promise Health Services, signed the checks, set up payroll, and personally pocketed more than $1 million — while the company’s only known address was a mailbox. All six guilty verdicts were ordered reinstated. State Rep. Kristin Robbins called West’s ruling “stunning” and is pushing to tighten state law so one judge can’t undo a jury like this again. AG Keith Ellison’s office fought the appeal and called restoring the verdicts imperative. The case now returns to Hennepin County District Court for sentencing — the outcome a jury already reached over a year ago. A jury convicted him. A higher court just overruled the judge who freed him. #MinnesotaFraud #MedicaidFraud #JusticeServed