Prosecutors: ‘Commercial sex and Medicaid-funded enterprise’ billed for $4.65 million over 3 years

Court records link an alleged sex trafficking operation to millions of dollars worth of Medicaid billing and felony theft charges.

In a Ramsey County criminal complaint, prosecutors described the alleged operations together as a “commercial sex and Medicaid-funded enterprise.” Two properties in Minneapolis were cited as a key example, allegedly operating as a commercial sex house and an assisted living facility.

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Separately, Hennepin County court documents said those properties, one on University Avenue NE in Minneapolis and another on Harriet Avenue, were owned by former Anoka County prosecutor Andrea Sampson and allegedly were places where “…commercial sex tran...