US EditionFederal Prosecutors: Minnesota Fraud Crisis Could Top $9B
Federal prosecutors allege half of $18 billion paid by 14 high-risk Minnesota Medicaid programs since 2018 was lost to fraud, impacting vulnerable populations.
- On Thursday, federal prosecutors filed a new round of charges against Minnesota Medicaid providers, with First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson estimating some $9 billion in claims may be fraudulent.
- Weak oversight and rapid expansion in programs like Integrated Community Services, which grew from $4.6 million to $105 million by 2024, prompted the investigation, prosecutors said.
- Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, 27, is accused of inflating claims over $6 million via Star Autism Center, including $100,000 t for a truck and sending $200,000 t to Kenya.
- Gov. Tim Walz ordered a third-party audit and appointed a director of program integrity, while state officials paused 14 programs and authorities served a search warrant on Ultimate Home Health Services Thursday.
- Probes are ongoing and prosecutors expect more charges, warning alleged diversion harmed people at risk of homelessness and children with autism; more than a dozen defendants face charges so far.
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Duluth News Tribune
Gov. Tim Walz, DHS say they don’t have evidence to suggest fraud could reach $9 billion
ST. PAUL — Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota Department of Human Services officials on Friday, Dec. 19, said the administration and agency don’t have evidence to suggest fraud could reach $9 billion. On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced six new defendants in the latest wave of charges for Medicaid fraud in the state, also providing an update on its estimate of the scope of the state’s fraud — about $9 billion. First Assistant U.S. Attorne…
Gov. Walz calls $9 billion fraud estimate in Minnesota-run Medicaid services ‘sensationalized’
Gov. Tim Walz and officials with the Minnesota Department of Human Services on Friday cast doubt on a federal prosecutor’s estimate that fraud in state-run Medicaid programs since 2018 could total over $9 billion. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson on…
Prosecutor: 'Minnesota Has Become a Magnet' for Welfare Fraud
Half of $18 billion in federal welfare funds, which supports 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018, has been lost to fraud, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said during a press conference Thursday. The post Prosecutor: More than Half of $18 Billion in Welfare Funds Lost to Fraud in Minnesota appeared first on Breitbart.
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