Somali UN ambassador linked to questionable Cincinnati health service agency, RFK Jr. deputy says
Somalia’s permanent representative to the United Nations – now serving as president of the U.N. Security Council – is "associated with" an Ohio home healthcare agency previously punished for ties...
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Somalia’s permanent representative to the United Nations – now serving as president of the U.N. Security Council – is "associated with" an Ohio home healthcare agency previously punished for ties to fraud, a top Health and Human Services official said Monday. The East African nation has been in the headlines for weeks as a burgeoning childcare and social services fraud scandal that began in Minnesota largely featured people from the Somali community. Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill said in a statement that he "can confirm public speculation that Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN and President of the Security Council, is in fact associated with Progressive Health Care Services, a home health agency in Cincinnati." FEDS LAUNCH 'MASSIVE' INVESTIGATION AFTER VIRAL VIDEO ALLEGES MINNESOTA DAYCARE FRAUD "HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud," O’Neill said before promising "more to come." Fox News Digital reached out to a representative for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. , who declined comment. O’Neill’s statement referenced claims about Osman and Progressive that had circulated online last week, including on the popular social media account LibsOfTikTok, run by commentator Chaya Raichik. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS BLAST CONSERVATIVES FOR MINNESOTA-STYLE DAY CARE FRAUD CLAIMS IN NEW STATE "Somalia’s Ambassador to the UN Abukar Dahir Osman was a healthcare administrator in Ohio. There is another healthcare company in the same suite as his with a different name, and multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names," Raichik said . "[Osman’s] company was convicted of Medicaid fraud while he worked in a Medicaid office in Ohio," she added. O’Neill also referenced that conviction. State records show the company remains an active Ohio corporation, though its listed contact information did not connect Fox News Digital with a verified representative. A message left…