BREAKING: Somali UN Security Council President involved with healthcare company guilty of Medicaid fraud in Ohio: HHS

The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed that Abukar Dahir Osman, the Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council, is associated with a healthcare agency in Ohio that the department previously took action against over fraud. 

"I 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," said DHHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill. "HHS has previously taken action against Progressive in response to a conviction for Medicaid fraud."

It had been uncovered in late December that Osman was the President and CEO of Progressive Health Care Services. Libs of TikTok revealed that the National Provider Identifier (NPI) associated with the company is on an exclusion list under the code  1128(a)(1), which is associated with Medicare and Medicaid crimes. The UN Security Council President position changes monthly, with Osman serving in the role for January 2026. 

This comes amid reports of massive fraud in the US, especially in Minnesota. The Feeding Our Future case in the state, in which nearly 100 people, the majority being of Somali descent, have been convicted, has become the largest pandemic relief fraud case. The organization claimed to feed children, but instead its organizers pocketed millions upon millions of dollars. Amid the heightened attention on his state, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced that he will not be seeking reelection. 

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