US EditionTrump HUD Sending Staff Into Minnesota to Investigate Amid State Welfare Fraud Scandal
Federal investigators are examining a $1 billion welfare fraud scheme in Minnesota, with Treasury looking into potential diversion of funds to terrorist groups.
- Sending investigators, HUD opened a field review of federally administered aid programs after about $108 million was siphoned to Somali descendants in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
- The scandal centers on $300 million in meal-program payments tied to Feeding Our Future , which claimed to provide millions of pandemic meals, a key element in the broader fraud scheme.
- HUD Washington headquarters will review data from Minnesota public housing authorities as Minneapolis Public Housing Authority spends $108 million and St. Paul Public Housing Authority spends $46 million, with a HUD official saying the department is taking enforcement and fiscal oversight seriously.
- Cutting funding, HUD signaled immediate enforcement steps while federal probes expand; Scott Turner, HUD Secretary, said funding for Somalis with Temporary Protected Status was cut and the U.S. Department of the Treasury is investigating al Shabaab links.
- Amid the probe, debates over immigration and housing have intensified as officials link illegal immigration and the housing affordability crisis, citing Temporary Protected Status in local political context.
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HUD joins other federal authorities investigating $1 billion fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has joined U.S. Treasury, U.S. Customs and Immigration and other federal authorities investigating what apparently is a massive fraud scheme in the Somali community that has established itself in Minnesota, and has cost American taxpayers a billion dollars or more. A recent
Comer warns fraud seen in Minnesota is likely more widespread than initially believed
Share This Story(Just the News) — House Oversight Chairman James Comer warned Tuesday night that the fraud found in Minnesota is likely more widespread than Democrats want voters to believe. Federal prosecutors have uncovered multiple fraud schemes involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota that have siphoned billions in taxpayer money from food, welfare and autism safety net programs recently. The investigations have netted 77 indictments so far,…
How fears of being labeled 'racist' helped 'provide cover' for the exploding Minnesota fraud scandal
Minnesota's Feeding Our Future fraud scandal reveals how racism accusations were used to deflect scrutiny and intimidate investigators pursuing billions in fraud.
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