A Republican state senator in Minnesota is calling one judge a "true extremist" after she overturned a $7.2 million taxpayer fraud conviction.

Abdifatah Yusuf and his wife, Lul Ahmed, were charged in June 2024 and were accused of stealing $7.2 million from the state's Medicaid program while operating a home healthcare business. The Minnesota Attorney General's Office said the business lacked an office building and operated for "years out of a mailbox."

The attorney general's office said Yusuf received Medicaid money by billing for services not provided and services that lacked "any documentation," and overbilled for services. 

Yusuf allegedly used the money to fund a "lavish lifestyle," including shopping sprees at luxury stores such as Coach, Michael Kors, Nike, Nordstrom and more.

Yusuf directed over $1 million from the business account to his personal account and also withdrew over $387,000 in cash, the attorney general's office said.

A jury convicted Yusuf of six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle, over $35,000, in August. However, that decision was thrown out by Judge Sarah West in a mid-November ruling, according to Feeding Our Future scheme, which involved hundreds of millions of dollars in embezzled COVID-19 funds. The alleged fraud stems from Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program, Feeding Our Future and other organizations.

President Donald Trump on Nov. 21 terminated deportation protections for Somalis in Minnesota, claiming that "Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing."

His decision came after a report from the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, alleged that millions of dollars were being funneled to Al-Shabaab, a Somali terror group, related to the Feeding Our Future scam.

Fox News Digital reached out to a representative for West and Yusuf's attorney for comment.

Yusuf's attorney, Ian Birrell, said West made the correct decision, adding his client was wrongly accused.

"Judge West's ruling affirms what we have maintained from the beginning: our client Mr. Yusuf was wrongfully accused and did not commit fraud or racketeering," he said, KARE reported. "The Court's decision to enter judgments of acquittal on all charges reflects the fundamental principle that justice requires both fairness and proof. We appreciate the Court's careful attention to the evidence and the law."