Here’s a roundup of recent news stories about Minnesota’s massive fraud crisis that you may have missed.
From the Minnesota Star Tribune,
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz staked his last year in office on a fraud fight that’s already struggling.
Read Matt Dean’s take on the new Walz anti-fraud “plan”/power grab here.
From KSTP,
- March 13: Minnesota lawmakers seek unredacted report on fraud
- March 9: Walz appointee tasked with helping implement fraud prevention program tells House committee his work is coming to an end
- March 12: Newly released records reveal how Faribault Schools spent $1 million grant from DHS
In that last story, KSTP investigates the role played in this $1 million grant by Lul Bashir Ali of Faribault (Feeding Our Future Defendant No. 52, and conviction No. 9).
From WCCO-4:
Minnesota woman accused of using $600K in Medicaid funds for flights, food, rides
National news,
- Fox News: Minnesota human services officials skip fraud hearing as Walz promises reform
- Washington Examiner Walz proposes state takeover of Medicaid funds with agency responsible for fraud crisis
- Wall Street Journal: Five takeaways from the WSJ investigation of the autism therapy business
According to recent filings made in federal court in Minnesota, we may be seeing more guilty pleas coming as soon as Monday, March 16, in the Feeding Our Future case.
We’re just getting started.
