Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdisalam Abdi Ali, has come under scrutiny for having owned a healthcare company in Ohio.
Ali, who serves in a key diplomatic role overseeing international cooperation for the Federal Republic of Somalia, founded Ritechoice Healthcare Services, LLC, a home healthcare provider based in Toledo, Ohio, in July 2009.
From 2015 to 2019, Ali also served as CEO of MedExpress Transportation, based in the Toledo metropolitan area.
Ritechoice was registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, with details including its business structure and addresses, in a filing dated around 2009.
Complicating matters, Ali’s business partner at the healthcare firm is Abdul J. Surey, who appears to be connected to Dahabshiil, a major Africa-based money transfer service.
Bloomberg reported that Dahabshiil faced suspension of its operations in Kenya in 2015 amid allegations of financing al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group, following a deadly university attack that killed 147 people. The company denied the claims and appealed the decision, arguing there was no evidence of such conduct.
Surey’s LinkedIn profile indicates professional ties to such financial services. However, there were no direct charges leveled against him personally.
The recent revelations came after many people began investigating potential welfare and healthcare fraud in the Buckeye State that Somalis allegedly committed.
A Cincinnati-based scandal has highlighted the revocation of CPA Mohamed H. Warmahaye’s license, who owns Blessing Home Healthcare Inc. and audited Somali-community nonprofits in both Ohio and Minnesota, and is linked to the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme involving fake meal counts and shell companies.
“Cincinnati folks, this fraud scandal hits WAY too close to home,” one person on X wrote. “We need real oversight & answers NOW—this isn’t just a ‘Minnesota problem,’ it’s in our backyard.”
🚨 Cincinnati folks, this fraud scandal hits WAY too close to home.
The revoked CPA at the heart of it—Mohamed H. Warmahaye, of apparent Somali origin (firm named H&H Barakad, a common Somali name)—owns **Blessing Home Healthcare Inc.** right here in Cincinnati.
His Ohio-based…
— Adam from Price Hill (@still_hustling) January 2, 2026
Whistleblowers have reported similar “massive fraud” in Ohio’s Somali-led social service operations.
Marcell Strbich, a U.S. Air Force veteran and Republican candidate for Ohio Secretary of State, has warned of vulnerabilities in detecting such fraud in the comments section under the X post.
“In a number of ways, Ohio is in a worse position to identify and address Medicaid benefits fraud because, unlike Minnesota, the Ohio Department of Medicaid hasn’t even designated high-risk specific-service programs, instead focusing on general risk-focused providers,” he wrote. “That’s strike one.”
In a number of ways, Ohio is in a worse position to identify and address Medicaid benefits fraud because unlike Minnesota, the Ohio Department of Medicaid hasnt event designated high-risk specific-service programs, instead focusing on general risk focused providers. Thats strike…
— Marcell Strbich (@marcellstrbich) January 2, 2026
He added that he will “have more on why Ohio’s elected officials are silent and what it will take to position us as a state to fight this longstanding widespread government benefits fraud by predominantly foreign-born population.”
Strbich previously warned about fraud that Somali immigrants allegedly commit in Ohio and Minnesota.
