A Cameroonian immigrant who built a multimillion-dollar home care empire in Minnesota and later shared his business playbook in a video titled “How to Start a Health Care Company” is now under investigation for fraud, state records show.
Arnold Kubei, owner of Woodbury-based home care agencies Metro Care Human Services and Home Sweet Home Minnesota, was issued temporary immediate suspensions on April 28 by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), pending a Medicaid fraud investigation.
In both orders, DHS alleged clients were not receiving services required under their support plans, including medication assistance. The orders cited an “imminent risk of harm” to clients, with at least one case resulting in hospitalization, as well as “pending administrative investigation and pending administrative action related to fraud against Minnesota’s Medicaid program.”
In a recent interview, Kubei argued there was no justification for suspending his licenses or withholding state payments, which he says began in December.
“This is damaging of my reputation in this community. This is targeting. This is bullying,” Kubei told KSTP in recent interviews. “People use fraud, fraud, fraud everywhere, to attack us with it. We are not the guys.”
Kubei told KSTP that he has appealed the suspensions. He also told the outlet that he believes he is being retaliated against and that the quality of care for patients has gone down because the state stopped payments.
From African asylee to a multimillion-dollar business owner
Kubei’s public persona is built around a rags-to-riches story. He arrived in the United States as an asylum seeker from Cameroon in 2007.
According to a “Making It in Minnesota” business profile in Sahan Journal, Kubei tried his hand at several businesses that ultimately failed, leading to bankruptcy around 2014.
He eventually entered Minnesota’s healthcare industry and launched Metro Care Human Services.
“One day, I got my first referral. I didn’t know what to do. But I did the paperwork and asked a friend how to bill the state. I got log-on information from the state, set up an account, went to billing training,” Kubei told the outlet.
The company uses state and federal funding to provide housing alternatives for “nursing home residents, people with disabilities, former prisoners, and other hard-to-house folk.”
Kubei later launched Home Sweet Home Minnesota, which acquires and converts properties into assisted-living facilities.
By 2022, the businesses reportedly generated a combined $3.7 million in revenue, with projections climbing to $5.5 million, according to the article.
Kubei promoted healthcare business model online
On the YouTube channel “Immigrant Money” — where the opening jingle proclaims, “Immigrant money, immigrant money. I came from overseas and now I got the money” — a promotional video titled, “Bankruptcy to Multimillions in 5 Years” shows Kubei drinking champagne and standing inside his luxury home. The video describes him as “a Twin Cities entrepreneur that went from bankruptcy to multimillions in just five years … He sits down to talk to us about his fortune, how he does it, and how you can do it too.”
Kubei appears in a 2021 YouTube video titled “How to Start a Health Care Company in Minnesota,” where he talks about navigating state programs and encourages viewers to pay him consulting fees to learn the business model.
“If I’m going to start the program from top to bottom, I’m going to charge you ten thousand dollars,” Kubei said. “It’s ten to fifteen thousand dollars, get the license where it needs to be.”
Another video, titled “The 2024 Guide to Minnesota Healthcare Companies,” features Kubei discussing the rapid growth of his own operation.
“When we first talked the last time it was about 40 beds at the time but now we’re talking about 91 beds,” Kubei said.
Throughout the interview, Kubei encourages viewers to enter the healthcare business themselves, repeatedly promoting paid consulting and business coaching.
“I urge you to come to my summit for me to teach you how these things are supposed to be done,” Kubei said. “I figured it out.”
Alpha News reached out to Kubei for comment but did not receive a response.
Alpha News also submitted questions to DHS seeking the total amount of taxpayer money paid to Kubei’s two businesses, but the department did not respond before publication.
According to Minnesota’s state transparency database, Home Sweet Home Minnesota alone has received nearly $3.2 million in taxpayer-funded payments since 2024.
Jenna Gloeb
Jenna Gloeb is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, media producer, public speaker, and screenwriter. Most recently, she worked as a reporter and on-air host for CCX Media. Jenna is a Minnesota native and resides in the Twin Cities with her husband, son, daughter, and two dogs.
