Federal prosecutors filed a motion yesterday to revoke the pre-trial release of Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud. He is Defendant No. 25, overall, in the sprawling free-food scandal. Mohamud, now aged 35,…
Minnesota has a fraud problem.” That’s what Andrew Luger, former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, said as he finished his term. As the weeks and months went by and more state-run…
There’s a new, disturbing epidemic sweeping through Minnesota. It has shown up on the government radar, infecting state agency social benefit programs and siphoning taxpayer money by the millions: fraud.…
Today’s (alleged) fraud comes to us courtesy of investigative reporter A.J. Lagoe and the KARE-11 team. They report, TikTok video alleges Medicaid billing fraud. The details, A Minnesota company is…
Today, Asha Farhan Hassan, age 28, became the defendant first charged as part of a $14 million autism-clinic fraud. She is charged with one count of wire fraud. Acting U.S.…
Abdullahe Nur Jesow entered the 49th guilty plea in the sprawling free-food scandal, becoming the 56th person to be convicted overall. Jesow pled guilty to one count of money laundering…
One newspaper columnist at a time. Rochelle Olson writes in the Star Tribune this weekend: U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson: Fraud is stealing Minnesota’s way of life Olson reports about her…
Aimee Bock’s former live-in boyfriend, Empress Malcolm Watson, Jr., has been charged with two felony counts of state tax evasion, the state Dept. of Revenue announced today. Aimee Bock, of…
KARE-11 TV is out with a report: KARE 11 Investigates: Ethics questions emerge over Sen. Fateh’s housing bill and wife’s company ties. Sen. Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) is by some accounts…
Muna Wais Fidhin, of Savage, age 44, become the 75th defendant indicted in the sprawling free-food scandal. Fidhin made her first appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown…
Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, 28, a citizen and resident of Kenya, was indicted today in federal court on an international money laundering charge. Sheikh becomes Defendant No. 74 in the…
Khadar Jigre Adan, now aged 62, became the third and final defendant associated with the JigJiga business and entertainment center to plead guilty in the Feeding Our Future case. Adan…
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) once known as “food stamps” program is a federally funded program that spends more than $100 billion/year. How much of that money is being…
Behind the blue door. Hussein Mohamed Farah appeared in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon to enter the 47th guilty plea in the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Farah,…
The JigJiga is up for Ahmed Yasin Ali, age 60, who pled guilty this afternoon (Friday) at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Ali is Defendant No. 37 (out of…
Said Shafii Farah, age 43, entered a guilty plea in the attempted juror bribery case arising out of the first Feeding Our Future courtroom trial conducted last year. He pled…
From the U.S. Attorney’s press release: Hussein Mohamed Farah, the executive director of New Vision Foundation, a non-profit located in St. Paul, Minnesota, was charged by information with one count…
On Wednesday, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, now aged 36, received a sentence of 28 years in federal prison from U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel. He was convicted on 23 felony counts…
Applying the DOGE lens to the state budget. Which do you want first, the good news or the bad news about the state budget? How about the bad news: We…
Joe Thompson gets results. The acting United States Attorney for Minnesota launched an investigation into the fraud-riddled Medicaid program Housing Stabilization Services (HSS). Don’t be confused. HSS doesn’t provide actual…
Hibo Daar pled guilty to one count of wire fraud this morning in the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. She becomes the 51st defendant convicted in the Feeding Our Future…
The story on Alpha News is horrifying: Islamic center writes ‘community support letter’ for Somali immigrant convicted of raping a 12-year-old. The convicted felon is one Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie, age…
There should be far less of it. Ideally, the amount of fraud perpetrated against state and federal welfare programs should be zero. That’s my controversial opinion. Someone else who doesn’t…
Cut the waste, save the budget. Eight years ago, American Experiment asked Minnesotans in our quarterly Thinking Minnesota Poll if they thought state government spends too much, not enough, or…