Jan 14, 2026
Most ViewedSomali fraud scandal
Minnesota has been the center of an expansive fraud investigation that federal prosecutors say involves dozens of defendants and potentially more than $1 billion in stolen public funds, with the major...
Welfare fraud investigations in Minnesota
The investigations and enforcement of welfare fraud in Minnesota, particularly focusing on the Somali community.
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5 resultsJan 17, 2026
Most ViewedHow many criminal convictions related to Minnesota child‑care fraud involved Somali‑descent defendants, and what were the charges?
Reporting on the Minnesota child‑care and related social‑services fraud investigations shows conflicting tallies, but multiple national outlets converge on a core finding: a large majority of defendan...
Jan 21, 2026
What are program-level participation rates (SNAP, Medicaid, TANF) for Somali households in Minnesota versus native households?
A December 2025 analysis — amplified by multiple outlets — reports that roughly 81 percent of Somali-headed households in receive at least one public benefit, with program-level rates of about 54 perc...
Jan 19, 2026
Re. Omar
Ilhan Omar and two Democratic colleagues were denied entry to a Minneapolis-area ICE detention center after initially being admitted, a move officials reportedly tied to the facility’s funding source;...
Jan 17, 2026
Minnesota Somali public assistance
Minnesota’s Somali community shows high rates of means-tested benefit use in several analyses but numbers vary widely depending on what’s counted: some reports cite that roughly half of Somali-headed ...