Investigators allege the Minneapolis man billed Medicaid through his company, 1-0 Granny’s Helpful Hands, for services it did not actually provide. The charges follow a similar case last month and come as the state looks to clamp down on entitlement program fraud.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that his office has charged a Twin Cities man in connection with $7.3 million in Medicaid fraud. The charge comes as lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz are proposing new ways to tackle persistent fraud in Minnesota’s public assistance programs ahead of the 2025 legislative session.

An ex-con who previously served time for his role in a murder case is accused of bilking $7.3 million from Medicaid in Minnesota by illegally running a health care company by posing as his own mother.