AG Keith Ellison Petitions Court To Oversee Feeding Our Future's Dissolution
Minnesota's attorney general has asked a court to oversee the dissolution of a Twin Cities nonprofit under investigation for potential money laundering and fraud.
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Minnesota's attorney general has asked a court to oversee the dissolution of a Twin Cities nonprofit under investigation for potential money laundering and fraud.
Feeding our Future - a Twin Cities nonprofit which claimed to be feeding tens of thousands of hungry children - has dissolved, as the organization faces a federal investigation into an alleged large-scale fraud scheme.
"I've never heard of the organization. Couldn't believe that they were right down the street from us," said Loaves and Fishes' Cathy Maes. "I couldn't even understand the dollar amounts that I was reading in the newspaper."
State Republicans are calling for an audit of COVID spending after details emerged about a federal investigation into an alleged large-scale fraud scheme that diverted millions intended child nutrition programs to individuals who spent lavishly.
Federal agents executed search warrants on more than a dozen properties connected to what FBI search warrants call an alleged pattern of deception, money laundering and fraud by a Minneapolis organization claiming to feed at-risk children.
A federal judge has ordered a Becker farmer to repay $1.4 million in loan money he stole from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A Twin Cities man is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to defraud more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds before fleeing the country.
Last week a judge granted a motion to freeze the couple's assets. Jason and Angela Bullard have one more day to give the court the estimated value of all property, along with how much investors say they are owed.
The Hennepin County Attorney says that the charges indicate failure to pay or collect sales taxes, as well as using an automated sales suppression device at the establishment.
Senators from Maine and Minnesota have introduced a bill designed to stop scams that target older residents.
Brian James Williams, 51, was the first to plea guilty in what Minnesota U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald called the largest elder fraud scheme in the country.
Minnesota U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald announced the charges Wednesday. She called it the largest elder fraud scheme in the country.
The U.S. Attorney's office said that Yuridia Hernandez Linares, who pleaded guilty last year, crafted a plan in which four individuals falsely reported to police that they were victims of robberies in Eden Prairie.
A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Paul man on charges that he fraudulently obtained $841,000 in federal coronavirus loans for a business that doesn't exist.
One of the lawsuits says the defendant tried to sell 5 billion respirators at double their list price to the state of Indiana, calling the offer an "Easter gift."
More than a dozen incidents of credit card skimming from across the metro are being looked at by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
A Minnesota woman is accused of being part of a couple who have been printing fake money and using it to buy lottery tickets in the north metro.
Jennifer Hope Mikesell, of Northwood, is charged with ongoing criminal conduct, theft, fraudulent practices and forgery.
Kenneth Shong, as he's known to the Department of Corrections, is promoting himself as a global educational consultant.
When it comes to saving money this holiday season, the payment method matters as much as good deals.
On the coldest night of the season, one of the last things you'd want to hear is you're about to lose power -- but that's exactly what some scam artists are calling people about, claiming to be Xcel Energy.
Authorities say a onetime U.S. Postal Service employee in western Minnesota cheated the government out of more than $100,000 in federal disability benefits by claiming she had a workforce injury while at the same time competing in dog agility events.
Experts at the Minnetonka-based cybersecurity firm FRSecure said customers concerned about thieves stealing information or money are best using mobile payment apps.
A former North Dakota grain trader accused in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme has signed a plea agreement in federal court.
WCCO pored over police reports and found officers uncovered at least 18 credit card skimmers last year in cities from Burnsville to Eden Prairie to Maplewood.
