Somali American man in Maine accused of defrauding US government

The center of the alleged scheme, this time in Maine, is Dr. Abdullahi Ali, the Executive Director of Health Services contractor Gateway Community Services.
In an interview with NewsNation, a whistleblower alleged that, for years, false records were filed for services that were never provided.
Christopher Bernardini, who worked for Gateway for years, said the agency was then reimbursed with tax dollars from Maine’s Medicaid program, and later with federal tax dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program.
But that’s not all.
While serving in his role in Maine, Ali was also running for President of Jubbaland, in Africa, where he boasted to a Kenyan media outlet that he helped raise funds for the Jubaland Somali army, to help the troops buy weapons, bullets and food, according to a video posted on The Maine Wire website.
In an interview on Wednesday with The National News Desk, Maine State Sen. Matt Harrington said,