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Pandemic relief fraud

Fraud schemes tied to pandemic relief and nutrition programs, resulting in federal prosecutions

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Jan 28, 2026
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Which specific Minnesota programs and providers have been charged or convicted in federal fraud cases?

A series of federal and state-federal investigations since 2022 has produced dozens of charges and multiple convictions tied to programs that receive federal Medicaid and other social-services dollars...

Jan 28, 2026
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What specific fraud cases and convictions have been prosecuted in Minnesota’s social‑services programs since 2020?

Since 2020 federal and state prosecutors have pursued a string of cases alleging fraud across ’s and multiple Medicaid‑funded social‑services programs, producing dozens of indictments and convictions ...

Jan 14, 2026
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What official findings have Minnesota investigators released about the daycare centers named in Nick Shirley’s video?

Minnesota investigators—primarily the state Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF)—conducted on-site compliance checks at nine child care centers named in Nick Shirley’s viral video and rep...

Jan 26, 2026

What has been publicly disclosed about the Housing Stabilization Services investigation and the role of Feeding Our Future in Minnesota?

Public reporting shows shut down its (HSS) program after investigators uncovered "credible allegations of fraud" tied to dozens of providers and launched state and federal probes into HSS billing prac...

Jan 13, 2026

What other individual sentences have been imposed in the Feeding Our Future prosecutions and where can one find the court judgments?

A number of individual defendants in the sprawling Feeding Our Future prosecutions have received multi‑year federal prison sentences and forfeiture orders; those outcomes are summarized in Department ...

Feb 1, 2026

Have independent forensic analyses or official inquiries verified or disputed the evidence against tim walz?

The short answer is: no independent forensic analysis or completed official inquiry has definitively verified that personally committed wrongdoing, and multiple official reviews and reporting have bot...

Jan 30, 2026

What audits or evidence exist quantifying losses and linking specific programs to convicted defendants in the Minnesota investigations?

Independent auditors have been engaged and multiple preliminary audits and prosecutorial estimates tie hundreds of millions — and possibly billions — in lost funds to schemes connected to convicted de...