Spending & Taxes

3rd-party fraud vetting

Gov. Tim Walz announced today, Governor Walz Orders Third-Party Audit of Medicaid Billing at DHS:Governor orders pause on all payments for 14 DHS Medicaid services until audit is complete. The pause is to last for 90 days. I’m only half joking when I…

First guilty plea in HSS fraud

Anwar Ahmed Adow, age 25, became the first defendant to plead guilty in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud case. He appeared yesterday in federal court in downtown St. Paul to enter his plea. Adow was one of eight defendants charged last…