Tag: Fraud
State auditor candidate proposes ‘fraud risk’ scoring system for all local...
A Republican state auditor candidate wants to grade every local government in Minnesota on its vulnerability to fraud. The proposal comes as Minnesota continues...
GOP lawmakers say Gov. Walz’s anti-fraud plans need more ‘teeth’
Several Republicans said during an April 13 meeting of Minnesota’s House anti-fraud committee that they see gaps in measures that several state lawmakers are...
$11 million fraud trial canceled after Minnesota defendant skips hearing
The main defendant in Minnesota’s largest state-prosecuted Medicaid fraud case, Abdirashid Ismail Said, is being sought on an arrest warrant after he failed to...
Feeding Our Future fraudster who donated to Keith Ellison pleads guilty
Two more defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme have pleaded guilty, including one who donated to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s reelection...
Minnesota whistleblower alleges years of ‘reckless disregard’ at fraud-plagued agency
Seven years after Faye Bernstein first blew the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse concerns, “nothing is changing” at the Minnesota Department of Human...
Acting attorney general says DOJ now targeting ‘fraud crisis’ across US
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is now centering its efforts on targeting what he called the...
Judge rules for Trump administration in case over deferred Medicaid funds
The Trump administration’s deferral of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds from Minnesota can proceed, a federal judge ruled on April 6.
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Jorge Martinez: President Trump’s war on fraud exposes national scandal
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- For decades, Washington tolerated fraud, waste, and abuse as an unfortunate side effect of government. Under President Donald J....
Vance swears in anti-fraud enforcer Colin McDonald
(The Daily Signal) -- Vice President JD Vance swore in Colin McDonald on Wednesday morning to lead the Department of Justice’s anti-fraud division.
“This is...
SNAP loophole exposed by Minnesota millionaire draws federal scrutiny
(The Daily Signal) -- For the first time in more than a year, participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has dipped below 40...