Thieves defraud pet owners by pretending to be animal control officers
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control warns residents that thieves are posing as animal control officers and demanding money for the return of lost pets.
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Minneapolis Animal Care and Control warns residents that thieves are posing as animal control officers and demanding money for the return of lost pets.
A federal jury convicted an Eden Prairie man last week for defrauding more than $2 million in COVID relief funds before fleeing the country.
A man admitted to a brazen bribery scheme in one of the nation's largest pandemic fraud cases.
One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country's largest COVID-19-related fraud cases has pleaded guilty.
Two more people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country's largest COVID-19-related fraud cases have pleaded not guilty.
A juror was dismissed from a multimillion-dollar fraud trial on Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 cash at her home over the weekend.
Minnesota Attorney General Ellison says his office is prosecuting three separate Medicaid fraud cases that resulted in the theft of more than $10 million.
Prosecutors are asking for more time in a federal fraud trial while the FBI tries to figure out who delivered a bag of cash to a juror's home.
In its complaint filed Thursday, Life Defense Fund alleged various wrongdoing by the measure's supporters, as well as invalid signatures and fraud. The group seeks to disqualify or invalidate the initiative.
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
The 120-page report details the ways in which the department failed to act on prior warning signs about the nonprofit and was ill-prepared to hold Feeding Our Future accountable even before the pandemic struck.
Armed federal agents raided a string of Twin Cities homes on Wednesday in search of who tried to bribe a juror with a gift bag packed with cash.
Armed federal agents raided a string of Twin Cities homes on Wednesday in the search for who tried to bribe a juror with a gift bag packed with cash.
Five out of seven defendants accused of swindling more than $40 million in the Feeding our Future COVID relief fraud case have been found guilty on multiple counts. The trial hit a speed bump earlier this week when a juror reported receiving a $120,000 attempted bribe in the form of a bag of cash.
A jury has ended a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of seven Minnesotans accused of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million meant to feed children.
FBI agents raided the home of a Minnesota man awaiting a verdict in the nation's largest pandemic fraud trial. Wednesday's big raid comes just days after a juror in that trial got a big bag of cash and was asked to acquit. The isolated jury is preparing for another day of deliberation in the unprecedented case. David Schuman has the dramatic new developments.
The fate of the first defendants on trial in the Feeding Our Future case is in a jury's hands Tuesday. Caroline Cummings has the latest from federal court.
Seven defendants in the country's biggest pandemic-related fraud case will remain behind bars until there is a verdict. That's after a juror got a bag with $120,000 in cash delivered to their doorstep.
Tezzaree El-Amin Champion and Marcus Alexander Hamilton are accused of defrauding COVID-19 pandemic aid programs of more than $1 million while serving as business advisors to Hennepin County. UPDATE (Feb. 27, 2025): Both have pleaded guilty to charges in the crimes.
Reports of elder fraud crimes increased by 14% in 2023, according to a new federal report.
Seven Minnesotans accused of fraud are set to stand trial in what prosecutors call a massive scheme to exploit lax rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and steal from a program meant to provide meals to low-income children.
The trial of the first seven defendants in what federal prosecutors call the largest pandemic-era fraud case in the country is underway.
Prosecutors say the defendants lied about the number of meals they distributed and used the nonprofit Feeding Our Future to help submit false claims for meal reimbursements from the federal government.
A judge gave Charles Fields a 54-month sentence Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota said. Fields pleaded guilty to wire fraud last September.
Wisconsin's top Republican is deriding supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to recall him from office.
