US EditionTreasury investigating tax fraud allegations in Minnesota, Bessent says
- On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced in a social-media post that the Treasury has opened an investigation at President Donald Trump's direction.
- Last month, a Manhattan Institute/City Journal investigation alleged large-scale fraud in Minnesota social-service programs, with stolen funds moved overseas to Somalia and some reaching al-Shabab, federal sources said.
- Federal prosecutors have brought dozens of criminal cases accusing defendants of creating shell companies, inflating service claims and exploiting vulnerable Minnesotans, with many indicted from Minnesota's Somali community.
- Minnesota state officials have shut down implicated programs, Gov. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, welcomed an investigation last week, and President Trump ended temporary protected status for Somalis on Nov. 21 citing fraud allegations.
- The Treasury said it will share findings and release additional information as the investigation develops, framing the probe as protecting taxpayers from funding global terrorism.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent GOES OFF On Somali Migrants: "You Gotta Learn Not to DEFRAUD the American People!"
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not hold back during a Sunday appearance on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation.’ He absolutely schooled host Margaret Brennan on the Somalian fraud scheme in Minnesota — which, by the way, is currently being investigated for links to terrorism. Bessent spoke very bluntly, “When you come to this country, you gotta learn which side of the road to drive on, you gotta learn to stop at the stop signs, and you gotta learn not t…
Secretary Bessent: Somalis Need to Learn 'Not to Defraud' US
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Bessent says Omar 'gaslighting' public on alleged Minnesota welfare fraud
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for “gaslighting the American people” about allegations of widespread fraud from the Minnesota Somali community. After reports surfaced of a widespread fraud scheme in Minnesota allegedly largely orchestrated by Somali asylum-seekers, President Donald Trump terminated temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Bessent followed Trump’s announcement with an announcement of hi…
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