Vice President JD Vance to visit St. Cloud to discuss fraud
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Friday to discuss fraud days before the midterm elections.
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Vice President JD Vance is traveling to St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Friday to discuss fraud days before the midterm elections.
A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Salim Said will spend 30 years in prison after prosecutors say he treated pandemic-era emergency relief like his personal piggy bank, describing him as an architect of the Feeding our Future scheme.
Salim Said, one of the so-called "architects" of the nation's largest pandemic fraud scheme, was sentenced Wednesday to three decades behind bars.
Minnesota lawmakers with broad bipartisan support this year approved a new watchdog agency tasked with fighting fraud that's plagued social services programs in the state for years.
There are new concerns about the watchdog tasked with fighting Minnesota's fraud crisis. State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are worried about whether the independent Office of Inspector General would really be independent. Caroline Cummings reports on what the governor's office is saying about the agency and what two state senators had to say.
Millions of your tax dollars stolen, again. It was money meant to feed hungry children during the pandemic. Jason Rantala explains the new fraud cases and speaks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about them.
In the race for Minnesota governor between Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, the recurring theme of their final televised debate was seeing who could distance themselves further from leaders of their own respective parties.
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and GOP House Speaker Lisa Demuth pledge to fight fraud that has flourished in state government in recent years if elected to be the next governor, which is a top issue this fall.
Nick Shirley got the check in the Oval Office as the White House launched a $25 million fraud tip program. His video about Minnesota day care centers drew visits from state regulators and federal agents.
The two major candidates for Minnesota governor took to the debate stage for the first time on Monday. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth clashed over the state’s fraud scandals and how to move forward with data center developments. Esme Murphy reports.
The two major candidates for Minnesota governor took the debate stage for the first time on Monday in Brainerd.
A judge on Tuesday sentenced Fernando Navarro, 53, to three years of supervised probation and 100 hours of community service.
With just over three weeks until the November midterm election, one of the tightest races in Minnesota is the U.S. Senate race between Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Republican challenger Michele Tafoya.
A Lake Elmo, Minnesota woman was found guilty Wednesday of defrauding the state's Housing Stabilization Services program.
Could a Republican become Minnesota's top law enforcement official for the first time in more than 50 years? Attorney Ron Schutz is facing off against incumbent Keith Ellison in the race for Minnesota attorney general. On Friday, the two participated in a debate hosted by Minnesota Public Radio.
As Minnesota continues to deal with the fallout of major fraud, Hennepin County can point to something they did right.
A pool contractor at the center of a WCCO investigation, who promised a pool but never delivered, will spend five years in federal prison.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday afternoon announced that nine providers have been charged with defrauding the Medicaid program out of more than $3 million.
Minnesota Democrats have held the office of state attorney general for decades. Recent polls show there could be an upset in November. The most recent poll shows incumbent DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison trailing Republican Ron Schutz. The KSTP-Survey USA from earlier this month has Schutz with 45% support to Ellison's 43%. For 39 years, Schutz has been an attorney and partner at Robins Kaplan one of the state's best-known law firms. He was twice named by Forbes magazine as one of the nation's top 200 attorneys. He joins Esme Murphy on WCCO Sunday Morning at 10:30 a.m. NOTE: A spokesperson for Attorney General Ellison disputed Shutz's claim that there were no convictions under Ellison's watch for Medicaid fraud. The spokesperson said there were more than 340 convictions.
A Minnesota mother and her son are accused of fraud involving Medicaid-funded services that were never provided, resulting in more than $130,000 in improper payments, according to court documents filed on Friday.
Hassan Ahmed Hussen pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
Minnesota's legislative watchdog is urging state lawmakers to strengthen oversight of Medicaid-funded services after a review found vulnerabilities that could lead to fraud, waste and abuse.
Minnesota's legislative watchdog is urging state lawmakers to strengthen oversight of Medicaid-funded services after a review found vulnerabilities that could lead to fraud, waste and abuse.
Small businesses lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue during Operation Metro Surge and Minnesotans stepped up to help them out. But as Frankie McLister reports, nearly half of the applications to one of those taxpayer-funded recovery efforts were fake.
