US EditionMinnesota AG Keith Ellison answers lawmakers' questions on Feeding our Future recording
- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appeared before the House Fraud Prevention Committee Monday in St. Paul.
- This hearing followed the release of a recorded meeting Ellison held in December 2021 with people later charged in a significant fraud case.
- The meeting involved individuals claiming state agencies unfairly targeted East African businesses operating food programs.
- The large-scale fraud case involved approximately $250 million in public funds.
- Ellison defended his actions, but Republican lawmakers stated unresolved questions remain regarding his prior knowledge and agency defense.
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Minnesota lawmakers target the state’s ‘fraud problem’
MINNEAPOLIS — The first person convicted of helping Feeding Our Future steal millions of dollars of public funds was sentenced in October 2024. Two autism treatment centers in St. Cloud and Minneapolis were raided by the FBI in December for fraudulent Medicaid claims. In April, a couple was indicted for defrauding around $15 million from health insurers, and the state’s attorney general’s office convicted an apartment subcontractor of wage theft…
Republican lawmakers question Attorney General Ellison about Feeding Our Future scandal AlphaNews.org
Share This StoryAttorney General Keith Ellison was grilled about the Feeding Our Future scandal at a meeting of the Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Specifically, GOP lawmakers questioned the attorney general about a 2021 meeting he had with people who have since been charged or convicted for their involvement in the food fraud scheme. Meeting with Feeding Our Future In Janua…
House committee grills Ellison on conversation with Feeding Our Future defendants
Republican lawmakers say Ellison should have known more about the involvement of some people in that meeting because his office was already involved in litigation regarding Feeding Our Future.
Grand Rapids Herald-Review
House Republicans grill Keith Ellison over 2021 meeting with Feeding Our Future fraudsters
Republicans on the House fraud prevention committee grilled Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Monday over a 2021 meeting with people ensnared in the massive Feeding Our Future scandal, which took place just a month before the FBI shut down…
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