Maine’s Medicaid program bilked out of millions of dollars in Somali fraud, whistleblower claims

This Somali warlord, fattening his coffers on the gullible generosity of Maine whilst arming distant kin—how exquisitely barbaric, and utterly devoid of glory. A predator scavenging scraps in the shadows of bureaucracy.

[Further reading: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/12/whistleblower-exposes-somali-refugee-contractor-for-medicaid-fraud-report/]

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TLDR

A whistleblower has claimed that Maine’s Medicaid program was defrauded of millions of dollars by a contractor, Gateway Community Services, which allegedly billed taxpayers for services not provided and falsified records. The whistleblower, Christopher Bernardini, reported the fraud to multiple authorities but was told the matter was outside their jurisdiction. Gateway, which received $28.8 million from MaineCare between 2019 and 2024, has been under investigation for overpayments totaling $776,000 in 2017 and 2018. The fraud is said to have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic.