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Investigations into welfare fraud schemes involving members of the Somali community in Minnesota, including allegations of millions of dollars being diverted and potential ties to Al-Shabab.
Minnesota’s Somali community leaders and advocacy groups have responded to the fraud investigations with a mix of condemnation of criminality, legal pushback to protect due process and civil-rights co...
was the governor of during the period when major investigations and prosecutions of concentrated in the state’s were publicized and escalated in 2024–2026, and his handling of the matter became a foca...
Documented criminal fraud has occurred in Minnesota’s social‑services safety net: federal prosecutors charged and convicted dozens in the Feeding Our Future scheme and state investigators shut down se...
and have documented a rapid, tangible local fallout from and viral media claims: threats and intimidation against and businesses, measurable drops in foot traffic and revenue, and a spike in and in so...
Somali community leaders and advocacy groups in Minnesota have pushed back forcefully against broad-brush accusations, decried harassment and economic fallout from federal actions, sought meetings wit...