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BREAKING — Update on the $7.2 million Minnesota Medicaid fraud case:A jury heard the full trial and unanimously convicted Abdifatah Yusuf on six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle. Prosecutors presented evidence that his home healthcare agency, Promise Health Services, billed Medicaid for millions in services that were never provided, overbilled, or undocumented—while funds allegedly flowed to Yusuf's personal accounts and cash withdrawals exceeding $1.3 million combined.In mid-November, Hennepin County Judge Sarah West overturned the conviction via judgment of acquittal, ruling the case relied heavily on circumstantial evidence and didn't sufficiently rule out other inferences.The Minnesota Attorney General's Office has now filed an appeal, citing a recent state Supreme Court ruling in support of reinstating the jury's verdict.The jury spoke. The AG is fighting to make it stick. The appeal will decide what happens next.