Fraud in Minnesota: A special collection of the latest news articles, videos, and more from Alpha News.
White House anti-fraud task force highlights Minnesota in first meeting
(The Center Square) – Vice President JD Vance held the first meeting of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud on Friday. Leaders...
EXCLUSIVE: Former Minnesota fraud investigator still ‘shocked’ by embarrassing state policies,...
A former special agent and fraud investigator in Minnesota who saw the warning signs is sharing his story. It's an inside perspective on the...
Five more defendants plead guilty in Feeding Our Future scandal
Five more defendants in Minnesota’s infamous Feeding Our Future scandal pleaded guilty this week, bringing the total number of convictions in the case to...
Federal official spotlights explosive spending increase in Minnesota program at congressional...
Minnesota’s Medicaid-funded programs were singled out as a prime example of fraud during a congressional hearing on the federal government’s efforts to combat waste...
Senators unveil reforms to root out day care fraud: ‘Robbed for...
(The Daily Signal) -- Two Republican senators introduced draft legislation to reform child care for low-income families after fraud was uncovered in Minnesota and...
Minnesota agency mistakenly believed it lacked authority to investigate kickbacks, OLA...
A new report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) found that the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) mistakenly believed it lacked...
Walz administration failed to produce Medicaid eligibility report, flouting state law
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has failed to produce a report which documents the number of people who have been removed from...
Trump launches anti-fraud task force, Vance to lead
(The Center Square) -- President Donald Trump launched an anti-fraud task force on Monday, and appointed Vice President JD Vance to lead it.
Trump signed...
SCOOP: Marble-filled mansion once owned by Feeding Our Future fraudster hits...
A luxury home in Hennepin County once owned by a defendant in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme is now back on the market...
Industry leader sounds alarm on fraud in Minnesota transportation program: ‘This...
Minnesota's expansive -- and expensive -- taxpayer-funded transportation system is drawing renewed attention after an industry leader said rides in the state’s Non-Emergency Medical...
GOP senator blasts Walz’s new proposal as ‘another attempt to paper...
Gov. Tim Walz announced a proposal Tuesday that his office touted as a "major structural overhaul" of Minnesota’s human services system in an effort...
Somali ‘autism’ center chief pleads guilty to $6 million fraud scheme
(Daily Caller News Foundation) — The young CEO of a purported autism center serving Minnesota’s Somali community pleaded guilty Monday to raking in over...
Tom Emmer says more blue states are ‘on notice’ in Trump’s...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer said Minnesota’s fellow blue states will be the next fronts in the Trump administration’s...
Minnesota Democrats block GOP-sponsored ‘Fraud Isn’t Free Act’ in committee
On Tuesday, lawmakers in the House State Government Committee heard HF 3395, a GOP bill dubbed the "Fraud Isn't Free Act." Authored by House...
Feeding Our Future bribery defendant sentenced to nearly 5 years in...
Abdulkarim Farah was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison this week for his role in a scheme to bribe a juror in...
Congress grills Walz, Ellison over Minnesota fraud as whistleblower intimidation claims...
Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison faced blistering questions from the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday during a congressional hearing examining massive...
House Oversight Committee report concludes Tim Walz’s administration knew of fraud,...
(Just the News) -- Senior Minnesota government officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, were aware of claims of widespread fraud...
Tim Walz accused of stonewalling key probe as Somali fraud sweeps...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- Tim Walz’s administration is actively stonewalling a congressional probe into welfare fraud, the House Education and Workforce Committee said...