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State’s ‘PITSTOP-66’ investigation uncovers widespread Medicaid fraud

Last month, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced a pair of new indictments connected to the ongoing PITSTOP-66 investigation. Charles Omato and LaTonia...

MN House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth says Democrats ‘not holding anyone...

Republican Minnesota House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth held a press conference on Monday in which she discussed the extent of the hundreds of millions...

Audit slams Walz administration for oversight failures that enabled Feeding Our...

The Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) issued a 120-page report Thursday which lambasted the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) for failing to take...

New project seeks to expose the ‘hoax’ behind COVID-19

An educational program that seeks to expose the "hoax" behind the COVID-19 pandemic has garnered tens of thousands of viewers, said its creator Alec...

Fraudsters likely stole $200 billion from pandemic funding meant for small...

(The Center Square) -- Taxpayers lost nearly $200 billion to fraudsters that was meant for struggling small businesses, according to a new watchdog report...

Fraud report: $38 million in pandemic relief aid sent to dead...

(The Center Square) — Data scientists from the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee identified nearly $38 million in potentially improper or fraudulent pandemic loans were...

Fraudsters likely stole at least $60 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Over $60 billion of pandemic-related unemployment benefits were likely paid out to fraudsters between April 2020 and December 2021,...

REPORT: Fraudsters stole $45 billion in unemployment benefits

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — The Department of Labor announced Thursday that 1,000 people have been charged for receiving $45.6 billion of fraudulent unemployment...

Eden Prairie man charged with COVID relief fraud of over $2.1...

Harold Bennie Kaeding, a 72-year-old Eden Prairie man, has been charged with COVID relief fraud in addition to money laundering. Between April and December of...