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Federal and state fraud prosecutions tied to pandemic-era programs have placed Minnesota’s large Somali diaspora at the center of national scrutiny: prosecutors say a substantial share of those charge...
Federal prosecutors brought major charges in the Feeding Our Future and related fraud investigations beginning earlier in 2025, with the Justice Department announcing a 47-defendant indictment tied to...
Federal prosecutors say dozens of defendants—reporting 59 convictions so far and 78 people charged in multi‑year probes—were central to schemes that stole more than $1 billion from Minnesota social‑se...
Multiple media outlets and congressional Republicans allege Gov. Tim Walz ignored warnings and mishandled oversight as federal prosecutors uncovered multi-scheme fraud in Minnesota that investigators ...
Minnesota lawmakers and federal investigators have responded to large nonprofit-linked frauds—most prominently the Feeding Our Future child nutrition case that federal prosecutors say involved more th...
Federal and state prosecutors have brought scores of charges in multiple, overlapping Minnesota fraud investigations that largely involve COVID-era child nutrition payments, Medicaid and other social‑...
Federal prosecutors charged 86 people and have secured dozens of convictions in a set of overlapping Minnesota fraud prosecutions tied largely to Somali-linked nonprofits; reporting cites 59–61 convic...
Federal prosecutors have charged multiple people in the sprawling “Feeding Our Future” fraud that stole federal child‑nutrition reimbursements; individuals identified as “Omar” in reporting pleaded gu...
The next cluster of trials scheduled in 2026 centers on seven defendants slated to begin in April amid , questions about jury impartiality and shifting prosecutorial leadership; legal arguments will p...
Federal prosecutions tied to the so‑called Minnesota “Somali fraud” investigations have produced dozens of guilty pleas and multiple prison sentences, but many high‑profile defendants remain convicted...
The Feeding Our Future scandal was a sprawling COVID-era scheme in Minnesota in which a Minneapolis nonprofit and dozens of subcontractors allegedly falsified meal counts and invoices to obtain hundre...
Federal and state reporting shows prosecutors used a mix of financial records, program billing documents and cooperating witness testimony in a series of Minnesota cases tied to pandemic-era and socia...
Federal prosecutors have charged dozens in multiple Minnesota schemes that siphoned pandemic-era and social-services dollars; the Justice Department’s Feeding Our Future case alone alleges roughly $25...
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged dozens in a broad pandemic-era fraud sweep tied to programs such as the Federal Child Nutrition Program and state autism and Medicaid benefits; prosecutor...