‘Just gone dark’: Husband of Ilhan Omar scrubs his business sites as Minnesota fraud probes intensify
The massive and still exploding scandal over fraud in social services programs by insiders in Minnesota’s Somali community will be unleashing damage for years to come.
This after preliminary assessments suggest the state’s taxpayers have been defraud of billions of dollars by schemes as simple as Somalian immigrants setting up a “daycare,” then charging the government millions of dollars for serving thousands of meals per day, in a 35-seat cafeteria.
One evaluation suggested the money being stolen from taxpayers, and shipped back to Somalia by natives, was more than that nation’s Gross National Product.
And similar schemes now have been found in multiple other states, meaning Minnesota could be just the tip of the iceberg. So far multiple federal agencies have launched investigations.
Caught up in all of this now is Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman, a native of Somalia, elected from that immigrants’ district in Minnesota.
Exactly what links she has to any alleged fraud remains to be documented, but red flags already have been found: For instance, her husband, Tim Mynett, who runs two businesses, apparently has taken them both offline.
The report comes from startup investor and web influencer Mario Nawfal on X.
The report noted both of Mynett’s businesses, “have just gone dark online.”
“Rose Lake Capital, a venture capital firm Mynett co-founded in 2022. Congressional disclosures show its value jumped from $1-1,000 in 2023 to $5-25 million in 2024. In September-October 2025, the website removed all officer bios and names, including prominent Democratic figures previously listed. By late December 2025, was either taken offline or redirected and now displays Spectrum router configuration information,” the report said.
Then there’s eStCru, a winery Mynett co-launched around 2021.
“The website is defunct, and the phone line has been disconnected since at least 2023 has been completely erased from the internet,” the report said.
The report noted the combined net worth of Omar and Mynett “went from negative $45,000 in 2019 to $6-30 million by 2024. Omar’s congressional salary is $174,000. The math on that wealth explosion raises obvious questions.”
Prosecutors already appear to be reviewing alleged fraud in 14 state Medicaid programs – in Minnesota, for example, it appeared that every child in the Somali community was diagnosed autistic, and therefore the recipient of tax funds. Already, a food program in Omar’s district has triggered dozens of criminal cases, and dozens of guilty pleas.
“Omar’s connection: She authored the 2020 MEALS Act, which relaxed oversight on child meal programs during the pandemic. Critics argue it enabled widespread fraud. Omar says it fed children and says she has ‘no regrets.’ She returned $7,400 in donations from 3 convicted fraudsters,” the report said.
“The pattern nobody is naming out loud: websites disappearing, bios scrubbed, values skyrocketing, phone lines disconnected – all while federal agents raid fake daycares and meal sites across her district,” the report said. “Mynett’s businesses show classic pre-investigation cleanup behavior: removing names, killing online presence, and making connections harder to trace. There is no evidence directly linking Mynett’s ventures to the fraud. But a venture capital firm’s value increasing 5,000-25,000x in one year, then scrubbing its leadership page as the FBI intensifies Minnesota probes? A winery going completely offline? A combined net worth jumping more than $30 million on a congressional salary?”
ILHAN OMAR’S HUSBAND SCRUBS BUSINESS WEBSITES AS MINNESOTA FRAUD PROBES INTENSIFY
Tim Mynett – Ilhan Omar’s husband and political consultant – runs two businesses. Both have just gone dark online.
Rose Lake Capital, a venture capital firm Mynett co-founded in 2022.… pic.twitter.com/rRtahavbh5
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 30, 2025
Reports raising questions about Omar’s links were rampant.
The Daily Mail said she is “facing scrutiny” after her financial disclosure forms confirmed her assets “skyrocketed” from only $1,000 to almost $30 million in just one year.
Her cited assets are her interests in the Rose Lake Capital and winery corporations. As an elected member of Congress, Omar has advocated repeatedly for benefits for Somalia, and in fact has claimed to work for those interests as a public official.
The report said, “Omar’s finances are drastically different from what she reported in 2018, 2019, and 2020. In 2018, Omar didn’t disclose any assets or unearned income. The following year, she listed a tax-deferred target retirement fund. ESTCRU LLC first appeared on her financial disclosure forms in 2021, while Rose Lake Capital was first disclosed the following year. ”
Mynette worked as a political consultant for Omar and they were married in 2020.