How many defendants are currently indicted in each named Minnesota fraud investigation (Feeding Our Future, Medicaid/HSS/EIDBI, Housing Stabilization)?
Executive summary
Public records and federal press releases show substantial but not fully consistent counts for the major Minnesota fraud probes: Feeding Our Future has been the subject of large multi-defendant indictments (reports cite both 47 and as many as 70 people indicted) [1][2]; the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) investigation has produced at least a dozen people charged in waves of federal indictments (reporting cites roughly 13 defendants charged to date and additional rounds of new charges) [3][4]; the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) autism/MEDICAID scheme is the subject of a growing set of indictments and guilty pleas but the precise running total of defendants indicted is not consistently reported across sources [5][6].
1. Feeding Our Future — how many defendants were indicted?
Public reporting does not converge on a single definitive tally for Feeding Our Future indictments: contemporaneous federal reporting and later summaries place the early wave at dozens of defendants, with NBC reporting federal prosecutors “announced indictments against 47 defendants” tied to the Feeding Our Future matter [1], while other outlets quote former prosecutors characterizing the broader operation as involving roughly 70 people who were indicted in related prosecutions [2]; Wikipedia and other retrospective summaries emphasize that more than 50 people were subsequently convicted as cases moved through court [7].
2. Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) — the currently indicted count
The Justice Department’s HSS press materials and local reporting make clear multiple waves of indictments have been unsealed; the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced a “first wave” of HSS defendants and later press releases and local coverage say about 13 people have faced charges relating to HSS funding “to date,” with federal officials adding six more defendants in a subsequent tranche tied to HSS and related Medicaid schemes [4][3][8].
3. EIDBI / Medicaid autism claims — indicted defendants and recent developments
EIDBI prosecutions are being pursued alongside HSS matters and have produced both indictments and guilty pleas: the IRS and DOJ materials describe prosecutions of individuals such as Asha Farhan Hassan and a recent charging of Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf in the autism/EIDBI scheme, and federal enforcement notices say “six additional defendants” were charged across the autism and HSS schemes while one EIDBI defendant pleaded guilty [5][6][8]. The sources document individual charges and admissions but do not supply a single authoritative running total of all indicted defendants in the EIDBI inquiries in the same way some HSS reporting does, so a precise consolidated count cannot be confirmed from the provided materials [6][5].
4. Why the numbers vary — evolving indictments, overlapping probes and reporting frames
Differences in reported counts are explained by how the investigations unfolded: multiple, overlapping federal and state probes (FBI, HHS-OIG, IRS-CI, state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit) have unsealed charges in waves, some defendants have been added after initial indictments, and some outlets report the aggregate of separate but related prosecutions while others cite the initial indictment counts — for example, federal officials warned that dozens of defendants and many providers are implicated across 14 Medicaid programs and that additional indictments were expected, a context that produces shifting totals in news accounts [9][10].
5. Bottom line and reporting caveats
Based on the supplied reporting: Feeding Our Future has been reported as having 47 indictments in at least one federal announcement while other authoritative recountings cite as many as 70 people indicted in the broader prosecution network [1][2]; HSS has seen at least roughly 13 people charged with more defendants added in subsequent charges [4][3]; EIDBI/autism prosecutions have produced multiple indictments and at least one guilty plea, but the materials provided do not yield a single, confirmed cumulative count of all EIDBI defendants indicted [6][5]. All figures reflect active, ongoing investigations and charging decisions that have been evolving in public releases and news coverage; an indictment is an allegation and counts may change as prosecutors unseal new cases or consolidate charges [4][6].