The young CEO of a purported autism center serving Minnesota’s Somali community pleaded guilty Monday to raking in over $6 million in a fraud scheme, according to KARE.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, 27, in December 2025 with making fraudulent Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) claims to the Minnesota government. Yussuf and his team raked in more than $6 million through the fraudulent claims, according to a DOJ press release at the time.
Yussuf was the president and CEO of Star Autism Center LLC, which supposedly provided “necessary one-on-one therapy to children with autism.” He founded the company in 2020 when he was just 22 years old, and ran it four about four years, KARE reported.
The 27-year-old said at his Monday plea hearing that he did not know any individuals with autism, according to the outlet. Yussuf is set to face roughly five years in prison.
