{"id":2417,"date":"2026-08-18T23:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:37:29","slug":"doge-chair-sets-sights-on-scam-ilies-the-obvious-loophole-making-it-impossible-to-stop-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2417","title":{"rendered":"DOGE Chair Sets Sights On \u2018Scam-ilies\u2019: The Obvious Loophole Making It Impossible To Stop Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the U.S. Senate\u2019s foremost waste-watchers has her eyes on a loophole that is exploited across every area where the government can be exploited.<\/p>\n

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If a man owns a company that is caught defrauding the government, he can simply open a company in his wife\u2019s or child\u2019s name \u2014 even if they share an address and bank accounts \u2014 and the government will gladly pay it for the same service.<\/p>\n

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who was elected more than a decade ago on a promise to cut the fat from government, said only the government would be naive enough to allow this, and she\u2019s introduced a bill to stop it.<\/p>\n

The bill comes after The Daily Wire\u2019s Medicaid Millions series documented how African scammers seem to take a loose view of who is listed as the owner of something, putting companies in various associates\u2019 names as they see fit. Ernst, chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus, recognized the pattern \u2014 and saw that the potential for stopping fraud by closing the gap extended well beyond Medicaid home health care.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act is the direct result of Luke Rosiak\u2019s investigation that exposed family fraudsters milking Medicaid in Ohio, which I invited him to share with the Senate committee I chair,\u201d Ernst said. \u201cMy own oversight uncovered other scam-<\/em>ilies and criminal clans across the country who are also living lives of luxury off the loot being pilfered from public programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill will close the fraudsters\u2019 family businesses by prohibiting hooligans living in the same house from getting their hands on taxpayer money,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ernst, who is retiring in January, is a former auditor who has persistently delved into the minutiae of the government to find ways to reduce fraud and shrink the federal deficit.<\/p>\n

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Part 4 of our series documented how Robert Acheampong, a Ghanaian man in Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to defrauding the government by billing for non-existent elder care. Then his wife, Esther Acheampong, created a Medicaid elder-care business, Omega Healthcare Services, that was paid $5.7 million by the government. (Such home health care businesses are inherently vulnerable to a no-show jobs scam.) The address was the same office suite used by Robert. Robert was released from prison but never paid his restitution, leading the government to issue a lien against him. Meanwhile, it was paying millions to his wife, with whom he lives in an upscale home.<\/p>\n

In Part 2, we showed how, according to Medicaid records, True Home Healthcare LLC is owned by Mamusu Kanu \u2014 but in actuality, it is co-owned by her husband, Alieu Conteh, who has multiple convictions for giving the government false names, and had his nursing license suspended for repeated trickery. Kanu bills the government as much as $100,000 a month for supposedly helping people; Conteh has been convicted of endangering children and theft. \u201cYes, I do have a lot of records,\u201d Conteh told the Daily Wire. \u201cMy role, I sit in the office.\u201d<\/p>\n

A similar dynamic takes place across every aspect of government, such as defense contractors. Her bill would stop it all.<\/p>\n

The proposed law says if the owner of a government contractor or service provider has their eligibility terminated as a result of fraud or a criminal conviction, the owner\u2019s spouse and anyone who lives with him \u201cmay not enter into a contract with the Federal Government, receive a grant, loan, subaward, or reimbursement from the Federal Government, or enter into any other financial transaction for goods or services paid for in part or full by the Federal Government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our series also exposed Roberta Acheampong, who renamed her janitorial company \u201cOne Community Mental Health\u201d and billed the government $8 million. After our story appeared, the government indicted her and her husband, recognizing that husband and wife typically operate as one entity and share the wealth. The couple fled back to Africa together and are now wanted.<\/p>\n

In June, the Ohio governor signed into law a comprehensive Medicaid reform package that was designed specifically to address The Daily Wire\u2019s findings \u2014 but Medicaid is a joint state\/federal program, and vulnerabilities still exist across the country.<\/p>\n

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