A.J. Lagoe
@ajlagoe.bsky.social
Meddling investigative journalist for KARE 11 in Minneapolis, MN. Signal +612-834-6086 https://www.kare11.com/article/about-us/team-bios/aj-lagoe/89-18505512
KARE 11 Investigates: Unattended death raises new fraud allegations in Minnesota’s Medicaid-funded ICS program. As costs soar and audits expand, one mother says her son’s death reveals the real-world price of neglect and alleged fraud. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Unattended death raises new fraud allegations in Minnesota’s Medicaid-funded ICS program
KARE 11 Investigates: Unattended death raises fraud allegations in MN Medicaid-funded ICS program
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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
KARE 11 Investigates: Unattended death raises new fraud allegations in Minnesota’s Medicaid-funded ICS program. As costs soar and audits expand, one mother says her son’s death reveals the real-world price of neglect and alleged fraud. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Fraud was Family Affair — second guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe. Asad Adow admitted to fraudulently billing Housing Stabilization Services for millions in Medicaid reimbursement. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Fraud was Family Affair — second guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe
Asad Adow, the 26-year-old owner of Leo Human Services LLC, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, admitting he falsely billed $2.7 million to collect Medicaid funds.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
KARE 11 Investigates: Fraud was Family Affair — second guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe. Asad Adow admitted to fraudulently billing Housing Stabilization Services for millions in Medicaid reimbursement. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
Breaking: Big changes announced in how MN handles Medicaid payments. 14 Medicaid programs will now go through a third-party billing audit before payments are made. The move is designed to better catch fraud on the front end. This comes in the wake of @kare11.bsky.social Recovery Inc. investigations
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Breaking: Big changes announced in how MN handles Medicaid payments. 14 Medicaid programs will now go through a third-party billing audit before payments are made. The move is designed to better catch fraud on the front end. This comes in the wake of @kare11.bsky.social Recovery Inc. investigations
Been a busy week covering the fallout of our @kare11 #RecoveryInc investigations. Multiple guilty pleas to Federal Wire Fraud charges. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMx2q8jX/
KARE 11’s fraud investigation results in federal court guilty plea for CEO of addiction recovery operation.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Been a busy week covering the fallout of our @kare11 #RecoveryInc investigations. Multiple guilty pleas to Federal Wire Fraud charges. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMx2q8jX/
Update with new details: more than $88,000 in cash was seized during the raid on a pair of brothers tied to the Housing Stabilization fraud investigation. Some of it found under a mattress and hidden in a suitcase beneath the stairs. www.kare11.com/article/news...
KARE 11 Investigates: First guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe
Anwar Adow admits to fraudulently billing Housing Stabilization Services for Medicaid reimbursement.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Update with new details: more than $88,000 in cash was seized during the raid on a pair of brothers tied to the Housing Stabilization fraud investigation. Some of it found under a mattress and hidden in a suitcase beneath the stairs. www.kare11.com/article/news...
KARE 11 Investigates: First guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe. Anwar Adow admits to fraudulently billing Housing Stabilization Services for Medicaid reimbursement. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: First guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe
Anwar Adow admits to fraudulently billing Housing Stabilization Services for Medicaid reimbursement.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
KARE 11 Investigates: First guilty plea in Minnesota Housing Services fraud probe. Anwar Adow admits to fraudulently billing Housing Stabilization Services for Medicaid reimbursement. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Evergreen Recovery CEO & CFO plead guilty in federal fraud case Shantel Magadanz and Heather Heim admit roles in a multi-million dollar Medicaid billing scheme uncovered by a KARE 11 investigation. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Evergreen Recovery CEO & CFO plead guilty in federal fraud case
Former Evergreen Recovery CEO Shantel Magadanz pleads guilty, admits role in a massive fraud scheme uncovered by KARE 11 Investigates.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
KARE 11 Investigates: Evergreen Recovery CEO & CFO plead guilty in federal fraud case Shantel Magadanz and Heather Heim admit roles in a multi-million dollar Medicaid billing scheme uncovered by a KARE 11 investigation. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment
Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours
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October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment. Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
It's been more than 4 months & Minnesota #DHS
still won't give us data showing how much taxpayer $ is going to what's known as the #ARMHS program. Here's our 1st of what will be many reports exposing ARMHS #fraud allegations. www.kare11.com/article/news...
still won't give us data showing how much taxpayer $ is going to what's known as the #ARMHS program. Here's our 1st of what will be many reports exposing ARMHS #fraud allegations. www.kare11.com/article/news...
KARE 11 Investigates: TikTok video alleges Medicaid billing fraud
Mohamed Ali says Action Therapy LLC billed Medicaid more than $200,000 for services he did not receive. Ali insists he never heard of the company.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's been more than 4 months & Minnesota #DHS
still won't give us data showing how much taxpayer $ is going to what's known as the #ARMHS program. Here's our 1st of what will be many reports exposing ARMHS #fraud allegations. www.kare11.com/article/news...
still won't give us data showing how much taxpayer $ is going to what's known as the #ARMHS program. Here's our 1st of what will be many reports exposing ARMHS #fraud allegations. www.kare11.com/article/news...
KARE 11 Investigates: An ARMHS company is accused of billing taxpayer-funded Medicaid for services not provided, echoing patterns in other DHS programs. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: TikTok video alleges Medicaid billing fraud
Mohamed Ali says Action Therapy LLC billed Medicaid more than $200,000 for services he did not receive. Ali insists he never heard of the company.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
KARE 11 Investigates: An ARMHS company is accused of billing taxpayer-funded Medicaid for services not provided, echoing patterns in other DHS programs. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
8 federally charged in Minnesota Housing Stabilization Fraud Scandal. Charges in the wake of a KARE 11 investigation mark the latest development in the growing federal probe of Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: 8 federally charged in Minnesota Housing Stabilization Fraud Scandal
Charges in the wake of a KARE 11 investigation mark the latest development in the growing federal probe of Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
8 federally charged in Minnesota Housing Stabilization Fraud Scandal. Charges in the wake of a KARE 11 investigation mark the latest development in the growing federal probe of Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
Charges set to be announced this morning in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) federal #fraud probe launched in wake of KARE 11 investigation. Comes one day after state official firing announced:
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KARE 11 Investigates: DHS Assistant Commissioner in charge of HSS program fired
The order comes on the same day reports surfaced that a DHS Assistant Commissioner associated with the embattled HSS program has been fired.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Charges set to be announced this morning in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) federal #fraud probe launched in wake of KARE 11 investigation. Comes one day after state official firing announced:
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Now up to 115 Housing Stabilization companies directly banned from billing Medicaid due to credible allegations of fraud. We looked into all the missed warnings...
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KARE 11 Investigates: 'Flying Blind' state agency missed or ignored repeated housing fraud warnings
Internal emails, fraud referrals, and investigative reports obtained by KARE 11 now reveal a pattern of ignored alarms that left vulnerable Minnesotans waiting.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Now up to 115 Housing Stabilization companies directly banned from billing Medicaid due to credible allegations of fraud. We looked into all the missed warnings...
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KARE 11 Investigates: Ethics questions emerge over Sen. Fateh’s housing bill and wife’s company ties. Records show the Senator’s wife listed as the owner of an HSS company when Fateh introduced legislation benefiting the industry. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Ethics questions emerge over Sen. Fateh’s housing bill and wife’s company ties
Minnesota Senator's undisclosed ties to Housing Stabilization Services stir controversy, raising serious ethical questions amid widespread program fraud.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: Ethics questions emerge over Sen. Fateh’s housing bill and wife’s company ties. Records show the Senator’s wife listed as the owner of an HSS company when Fateh introduced legislation benefiting the industry. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
“KARE’s investigation has now discovered @MinnesotaDHS was repeatedly warned about Start Today Hennepin’s billing practices for more than a year, including that at least three clients had been billed after they had died.”
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KARE 11 Investigates: Medicaid billed to house the dead
Minnesota’s top-billing HSS provider is accused of falsifying records and submitting claims for deceased clients.
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August 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“KARE’s investigation has now discovered @MinnesotaDHS was repeatedly warned about Start Today Hennepin’s billing practices for more than a year, including that at least three clients had been billed after they had died.”
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KARE 11 Investigates: 'Enough Is Enough' senators call for independent watchdog amid reports of Medicaid fraud. Taxpayer fraud investigations fuel bipartisan demand for independent inspector general. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: 'Enough Is Enough' senators call for independent watchdog amid reports of Medicaid fraud
Taxpayer fraud investigations fuel bipartisan demand for independent inspector general.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: 'Enough Is Enough' senators call for independent watchdog amid reports of Medicaid fraud. Taxpayer fraud investigations fuel bipartisan demand for independent inspector general. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
“How many dead people has your company helped with housing?” It’s a question I never thought I’d need to ask, but…
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KARE 11 Investigates: Medicaid billed to house the dead
Minnesota’s top-billing HSS provider is accused of falsifying records and submitting claims for deceased clients.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“How many dead people has your company helped with housing?” It’s a question I never thought I’d need to ask, but…
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KARE 11 Investigates: Medicaid billed to house the dead. Minnesota’s top-billing HSS provider accused of falsifying records and submitting claims for deceased clients. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Medicaid billed to house the dead
Minnesota’s top-billing HSS provider accused of falsifying records and submitting claims for deceased clients
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August 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: Medicaid billed to house the dead. Minnesota’s top-billing HSS provider accused of falsifying records and submitting claims for deceased clients. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Minnesota moves to shut down Housing Stabilization Services program amid widespread fraud.The state agency cuts payments to 77 companies following months-long KARE 11 Investigation. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Minnesota moves to shut down Housing Stabilization Services program amid widespread fraud
Discover why Minnesota DHS moves to terminate its $100M/year Housing Stabilization Services program amid fraud allegations and misuse of funds.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: Minnesota moves to shut down Housing Stabilization Services program amid widespread fraud.The state agency cuts payments to 77 companies following months-long KARE 11 Investigation. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Governor halts payments to 50 providers amid housing fraud scandal. Action follows KARE 11 investigation uncovering forged signatures, inflated billing, and unprovided services in the state Housing program. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Governor halts payments to 50 providers amid housing fraud scandal
Minnesota Gov. Walz suspends Medicaid payments to 50 providers after housing fraud probe reveals massive scheme, vows accountability for taxpayer losses.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: Governor halts payments to 50 providers amid housing fraud scandal. Action follows KARE 11 investigation uncovering forged signatures, inflated billing, and unprovided services in the state Housing program. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Ramsey County to pay $1 million to victim of prisoner transport guard sex assault. Ramsey County settles with woman raped by a prisoner transport guard after KARE 11 exposes systemic abuse and lack of oversight. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Ramsey County to pay $1 million to victim of prisoner transport guard sex assault
Ramsey County settles with woman raped by a prisoner transport guard after KARE 11 exposes systemic abuse and lack of oversight.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: Ramsey County to pay $1 million to victim of prisoner transport guard sex assault. Ramsey County settles with woman raped by a prisoner transport guard after KARE 11 exposes systemic abuse and lack of oversight. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
w here’s a picture MN can celebrate. State Senator John Hoffman discharged from ICU today after being shot numerous times during assassination attempt. His family tells me he’s moving to a rehab facility and still has a long road ahead.
July 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
w here’s a picture MN can celebrate. State Senator John Hoffman discharged from ICU today after being shot numerous times during assassination attempt. His family tells me he’s moving to a rehab facility and still has a long road ahead.
KARE 11 Investigates: Whistleblowers, kickbacks & double-billing. Addiction treatment provider NUWAY pays $18.5 million to settle fraud claims. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...
KARE 11 Investigates: Whistleblowers, kickbacks & double-billing
KARE 11 Investigates: NUWAY insiders blow the whistle on kickbacks and double-billing, resulting in $18.5 million settlement.
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July 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
KARE 11 Investigates: Whistleblowers, kickbacks & double-billing. Addiction treatment provider NUWAY pays $18.5 million to settle fraud claims. www.kare11.com/mobile/artic...