Rep. Pam Altendorf: Heartbreaking stories reveal the human cost of fraud

Rep. Pam Altendorf: Heartbreaking stories reveal the human cost of fraud

An estimated $9 billion in public assistance has been fraudulently taken from Minnesotans. It’s a staggering number. We hear this total and are outraged that we’ve been swindled out of our hard-earned money. We pay our property taxes knowing the impact this theft has had on taxpayers. Minnesota became a fraud magnet. We know people come from outside of Minnesota — other states and countries — because word had spread about how easily you could ma…