Ramsey Co. judge rebukes remarks made by Gov. Walz on Feeding Our Future investigation
There's a new twist in the largest COVID-19 fraud case in the country.
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There's a new twist in the largest COVID-19 fraud case in the country.
Gov. Tim Walz pushed back against critics who say his administration should have done more to thwart a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of at least $250 million.
Federal prosecutors say at least 47 Minnesotans pocketed more than $250 million in COVID relief funds to pay for luxury rides, high-end jewelry and coastal homes.
Forty-seven Minnesotans are accused in an alleged scheme to defraud a federal child nutrition program of $250 million that should have been used to feed children across the state during the peak of the pandemic.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced charges against dozens of people Tuesday morning in connection with what he called "the largest pandemic fraud in the United States."
In January, FBI agents served search warrants on a number of locations across the Twin Cities. Feeding Our Future was suspected of misusing $48 million of federal and state child nutrition funds.
When Linda Austad received a call from an unknown number Saturday, it set in motion a six-hour ordeal.
The Minnesota Attorney General's office is now suing the pool contractor who took tens of thousands of dollars from families and didn't finish the work.
Since we started our investigation into Charles Workman and MN Crete Pools, we discovered a troubling history with another company in his name: MPLS Concrete Restoration.
WCCO uncovered Charles Workman has a history of non-payment to subcontractors and vendors. Since we started our investigation into Workman and MN Crete Pools, we discovered a troubling history with another company in his name: MPLS Concrete Restoration.
A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.
State election officials from Arizona and Georgia testified about the pressure they felt from then-President Trump to overturn the 2020 election and the threats they received after being falsely accused of fraud. Nikole Killion has the latest.
The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 will hold more public hearings this week, focusing on Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential race by pressuring local election officials. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane discussed what to expect on "CBS News Mornings".
This development comes two days after WCCO shared the frustration of homeowners who all say they hired Charles Workman to build pools for them. They paid him tens of thousands of dollars upfront, but the work hasn't been done. All together, they're in for more than a million.
Authorities say Suzanne Griffiths frequently made material misrepresentations about the status of real estate projects, failed to take promised action, falsified documents and misappropriated investments for her own use.
Jennifer Mayerle reports on the laws that would need to be changed in order for consumers to be protected from certain contractors.
After getting the money, Kyle Brenizer, 33, of St. Paul, allegedly bought a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and used the funds on other "impermissible expenditures," federal investigators say.
A WCCO investigation found more than a dozen families are each out of tens of thousands of dollars after paying up front to have the same contractor put in a backyard pool.
From county to county, family after family say Charles Workman left them without their money and without a pool. Some filed police reports; others sued.
The House January 6 committee is holding its second televised public hearing for this month. The panel will focus on how former President Trump spread baseless claims of election fraud. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joined "CBS News Mornings" with a preview.
A Twin Cities man allegedly involved in the fraud of millions of federal dollars meant to feed school children was arrested Wednesday after boarding an international flight.
A Wisconsin woman is accused of leading a scheme to bilk Hmong-American investors mostly from Minnesota and Wisconsin of at least $16.5 million.
A Minnesota court will supervise the dissolution of a nonprofit meals program that's under federal investigation for allegedly defrauding the government of millions of dollars, Attorney General Keith Ellison's office announced Tuesday.
A Twin Cities man was sentenced Wednesday to five years behind bars for fraudulently applying for more than $9.6 million in COVID-19 business relief funds.
A Twin Cities woman is charged with defrauding Minnesota's Medicaid program out of more than $1.6 million through her acupuncture business, which is accused of regularly overbilling customers, even billing them months after they'd last visited the practice.
