Yonis Sheikh Maalin

On August 4, 2025, an officer with the Hastings Police Department met with A. A.M., an adult woman fully identified in police reports, who resides in Hastings, in Dakota County, for a fraud report. A. A.M. Reported that approximately two weeks before she had been at Treasure Island Resort & Casino when she had experienced car trouble and that a man named “Said Barkard,” had offered her a ride home. She stated that another man named “Yonis Maalin,” understood by law enforcement to be Yonis Sheikh Maalin [DOB REDACTED], hereinafter “Defendant,” had also ridden in the car with them.

A. A.M. Further reported that she had forgotten her wallet in the car and that she had contacted “Said Barkard to get it back. She stated that he returned but that a number of items were missing, specifically her driving permit and $180 in cash. A. A.M. Informed officers that her wallet had contained a piece of paper with her banking information on it and that she subsequently received a letter from Affinity Plus Bank informing her of two fraudulent checks deposited into her bank account. One of these checks was made payable to “Amuun Maalin” for $1,095.00, and another for $190.00 was made payable to “Yonis Maalin.” A. A.M. Provided law enforcement with a picture of the two checks which appeared to be from “Citizens State Bank.” A. A.M. Explained that she did not use checks and had never written one.

Officers were able to determine the $190.00 was deposited into A. A.M.’s account on July 19, 2025, and then withdrawn on July 23, 2025. The $1,095.00 was deposited into A. A.M.’s account on July 20, 2025, and then withdrawn on July 23, 2025. The checks were withdrawn because the account they were written from was closed. These checks were written from the account of B. A. T., an adult woman fully identified in police reports. Officers contacted B. A. T. Who confirmed that she did not write the checks in question and that she had not banked with Citizens State Bank for years.

It is understood by law enforcement that Defendant someone obtained B. A. T.’s checks, forged two checks, and then, having A. A.M.’s bank information used A. A.M.’s account as an account in which to deposit the forged checks. In a separate incident a stolen check in the amount of $17,370.12 written from by Minnesota Management & Budget to Smart Choice Adult Daycare LLC, was deposited in A. A.M. Bank account, endorsed as “pay to the order of Amuun Mohamed,” on July 19, 2025. Law enforcement reviewed security footage of the deposit and observed that Defendant was the one who deposited the check.

It is understood that Defendant somehow intercepted the check, made it payable to A. A.M., and then attempted to deposit 2 19HA-CR-26-401 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 3/24/2026 it into her account.