SouthernWorldwide.com – A Minnesota-based operator of Medicaid-funded home care services, who previously highlighted his success story of rising from bankruptcy to a multi-million dollar enterprise, is now facing an investigation by state officials. The probe centers on allegations that his companies failed to deliver promised services to vulnerable clients, despite receiving payment for them.
Arnold Kubei, who arrived in the United States in 2007 as an asylum seeker from Cameroon, experienced bankruptcy in 2014 following a failed investment in a gas station. This information was shared in an interview with a local media outlet in 2022. However, by 2021, Kubei was reportedly managing two home care businesses that, according to his statements in the same interview, generated a combined total of $3.7 million that year.
Currently, the Minnesota Department of Human Services has suspended Kubei’s license to offer home and community-based services. This action is in response to allegations that he was not providing the services for which the state was reimbursing him.
Kubei’s companies were tasked with assisting individuals with finding housing within the community. This included clients such as those with disabilities, former convicts, residents of nursing homes, and others who face challenges in securing permanent accommodation.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services has concluded that Kubei’s businesses posed an “imminent risk of harm to persons served.” This determination was made due to their alleged failure to provide essential services.
In letters issued in late April, the department detailed specific service failures. These included ensuring patients received adequate medication, a lack of designated contacts for seriously injured patients seeking assistance, and instances where patients struggling with addiction experienced relapses due to insufficient staff supervision to maintain sobriety.
Furthermore, Kubei was reportedly not consistently providing patients with services tailored to their identified needs, as outlined in their individual support plans.
A letter from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to Kubei explicitly states that “The license holder and controlling individual are the subjects of a pending administrative investigation and pending administrative action related to fraud against Minnesota’s Medicaid program.”
Financial records reviewed by Alpha News, sourced from Minnesota’s transparency database, indicate that Home Sweet Home Minnesota alone has received approximately $3.2 million in taxpayer-funded payments since 2024.
In response to the suspension of his license in April, Kubei told a local news outlet that “People use fraud, fraud, fraud everywhere, to attack us with it.” He vehemently denied the allegations, stating, “We are not the guys. We are not the guys. We are the guys who want to collaborate with the Department of Human Services.”
He further expressed that the situation is “damaging of my reputation in this community. This is targeting. This is bullying.”
Following the establishment of his businesses, Kubei reportedly featured in an interview on the YouTube channel “Immigrant Money.” In this interview, he discussed his journey from bankruptcy to achieving millions in just five years, as reported by Alpha News.
The interview was reportedly preceded by a jingle with the lyrics: “Immigrant money, immigrant money, I came from overseas and now I got the money.”
During the interview, Kubei extended an invitation, saying, “I urge you to come to my summit for me to teach you how these things are supposed to be done. I figured it out.”
Fraud within Minnesota has become a significant national issue. Republicans have pointed to state oversight failures, combined with certain cultural norms within some immigrant communities, as factors exacerbating the problem. In December 2025, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson stated that the extent of fraud in the state’s Medicaid programs likely surpasses $9 billion since 2018.
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Kubei has since appealed his license suspension and is seeking the reinstatement of state-funded payments to his businesses.
