A roundup of federal investigations of fraud in Minnesota,
- Health & Human Services (HHS):HHS probes Minnesota’s use of billions in federal social service funds amid fraud concerns: report.
- Labor: Labor Department sending unemployment insurance ‘strike team’ to investigate Minnesota fraud.
- Homeland Security (DHS): Ilhan Omar lashes out at ‘sick’ Republicans for investigating her alleged marriage to brother.
- Housing and Urban Development (HUD):Trump HUD sending staff into Minnesota to investigate amid state welfare fraud scandal
- Treasury: Bessent turns up heat on sprawling Minnesota fraud schemes as Treasury personnel deploy on the ground
- U.S. House of Representatives: House committee opens investigation into Minnesota welfare fraud
- Agriculture: New SNAP Benefits Warning for Minnesota: ‘High Risk’
I’m sure that I missed one or two other cabinet-level agencies. But you get the point.
For fraud investigators, Minnesota is a target-rich environment. My experience in these matters shows that wherever you look for fraud in Minnesota, you find it.
The real question is: what, if anything, will come of these efforts? Over his long political career Gov. Tim Walz has exhibited Newsomian levels of shamelessness. Since the current round of scandals began in January 2022, Walz has alternated between blaming it all on Trump and taking credit for ending the fraud(s) (which have never ended).
I’m counting on hope to triumph over experience.
