That’s $10 billion, with a “b.”
As Scott discusses below, we all learned a new phrase from the lead federal fraud prosecutor in Minnesota, Joe Thompson.
He was referring to a couple of gentlemen from Philadelphia who traveled to the North Star State to allegedly defraud Minnesota’s welfare program and perhaps take in a little ice fishing.
The other big news is that we’ve added another zero to our estimate of fraud in Minnesota, now reaching the $10 billion (with a “b”) mark since Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison took office.
Producing more news than can be consumed locally,
- Newsweek: Minnesota’s “industrial-scale” Medicaid fraud may top $9 billion—prosecutor
- The Hill: DOJ charges 6 more in growing Minnesota fraud scandal
- Philadelphia Inquirer: Two Philly men accused of ‘fraud tourism’ in a Minnesota scandal
Developing…
