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PORTLAND Two Lewiston men who came to that city as Somali refugees were sentenced in federal court Friday for their respective roles as interpreters in a health care fraud scheme that bilked MaineCare out of more than $1.8 million through a Lewiston office providing mental health and substance abuse counseling services.
At a daylong hearing in U.S. District Court, Chief Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced Abdirashid Ahmed, 41, to two years in prison, plus three years of supervised release.
Defense attorney Daniel Dube said after the hearing his client planned to appeal his sentence.
Co-conspirator Garat Osman, 35, was sentenced to three years of probation.