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Pandemic-era fraud

National coverage places the Minnesota probe in a wider context of pandemic‑era and government‑wide fraud estimates.

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Jan 28, 2026
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What evidence supports the DOJ’s $9 billion estimate of fraud in Minnesota, and how was it calculated?

have publicly suggested that fraud across 14 state-run Medicaid and social-service programs since 2018 could exceed $9 billion, a figure derived from a preliminary assessment that more than half of ro...

Jan 24, 2026
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What has DOJ publicly documented about restitution amounts and forfeitures returned to Minnesota taxpayers in pandemic‑era fraud prosecutions?

The has publicly anchored the narrative around prosecutions that exposed schemes siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars—most notably an alleged $250 million theft tied to the network—while DOJ pres...