DOJ Press Release — 'Fraud Tourists' Plead Guilty to Minneapolis Medicaid Fraud (Feb 10, 2026)

Source: U.S. Department of Justice / U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota · Document date: 2026-02-10 · Type: Court Filing · Case number: 0:25-cr-00483

USAO-DMN press release announcing the December 2025 guilty pleas of Anthony Jefferson and Lester Brown in U.S. v. Jefferson (25-cr-483). DOJ describes them as Philadelphia-based 'fraud tourists' who marketed at homeless shelters as 'The Housing Guys' and used AI to fabricate records.

Significance: Authoritative DOJ source for the HSS-shutdown narrative and the 120+ active HSS investigations cited across the project. Establishes the public-record framing of HSS as a program 'riddled with fraud' that supports the October 2025 program termination analysis.

Tags: DOJ, USAO-DMN, HSS, fraud tourists, Jefferson, Brown, AI evidence, press release