Tag: Fraud
California man found guilty of defrauding former employer Optum
A man who worked for the company Gov. Tim Walz recently hired to audit Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS) programs at risk for...
Legislators advance bill to formally strip fraud-riddled program from state law
The 2026 legislative session has gotten off to a fast start this week. One of the first orders of business? Formally deleting a fraud-riddled...
Rep. Kristin Robbins: How relaxed COVID-era rules fueled Minnesota’s biggest scam
(RealClearWire) -- In my testimony before the Senate last week as chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and Oversight Committee, I outlined the genesis...
Fraud, ICE, and firearms likely to dominate conversation as new legislative...
Today, the Minnesota Legislature begins the 2026 legislative session. From now through May 18, state legislators will be holding hearings and taking votes on...
Ellison, GOP senators clash in fiery US Senate hearing: ‘You ought...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison found himself in the hot seat Thursday as Republican senators accused him of encouraging people to obstruct federal immigration...
Siege and socialism: Photographer captures the consequences of sanctuary policy in...
A Minnesota photographer has been capturing the consequences of sanctuary policy in the Twin Cities for weeks. Chris Birt joined Liz Collin on her...
Walz administration claims fraud in Minnesota is not ‘uniquely bad’
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) published a so-called "fact check" this week which attempted to "correct misleading information and outright false claims...
Pair of ‘fraud tourists’ plead guilty in $3.5 million Medicaid fraud...
Two men from Pennsylvania charged with defrauding Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program have each pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. The...
Third-party analysis flags 90% of past claims submitted to Minnesota autism...
A review of billing data from a state-run, Medicaid-funded autism program found that 90% of claims submitted to the program in the past four...
Walz administration gives potentially fraudulent Medicaid providers advance notice of site...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is performing unannounced site visits on more than 5,800 Medicaid providers in the state. The problem? DHS...