Dozens of federal agents working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security probed multiple locations in Lewiston on Tuesday that have been associated with Somali fraud allegations and gun theft charges.
Those locations included sites linked to Gateway Community Services CEO Abdullahi Ali and his former deputies State Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) and Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-Portland), as well as a 210 Blake St. property owned by Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services (MEIRS) founder Rilwan Osman.
A spokesperson from HSI in Portland declined to elaborate on why the agency had selected those addresses for aggressive audit visits.
Gateway Community Services CEO Abdullahi Ali and Office of New Americans Policy Analyst Eklhas Ahmed appear with Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D)