There is no doubt that Minnesota has a fraud problem, which, in itself, is disturbing. However, in the backdrop of a persistent and widening structural budget deficit, the consequences of…
Today saw the launch of Minnesota’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) program. Eligible workers will be able to take 20 weeks paid leave each year for family or medical…
Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! Merry Christmas to all of our listeners! This week in lieu of our usual episode we bring you the shocking, must-watch Joe Thompson…
The debate over how much fraud has been committed against Minnesota social welfare programs has now gone national. Joe Thompson, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney and lead prosector of the…
It was a big day for Minnesota fraud yesterday, with lead federal fraud prosecutor Joe Thompson announcing new indictments, a new FBI raid, and another guilty plea.
It sure looks like it. Lead federal prosecutor Joe Thompson held a 35-minute press conference today to discuss the scope of the fraud, and to announce six more indictments and…
With the epidemic of fraud perpetrated against Minnesota’s taxpayers making national news and prominent DFLers like Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison under fire for their roles in…
When the Star Tribune announced that a sitting member of the state governor’s cabinet would be taking over as its publisher in February 2023, there was disappointment among those who…
I break down the $1 billion Minnesota fraud estimate and where it comes from. Local reporter Lou Raguse of the NBC-affiliate KARE-11 has produced a helpful 2:33 video explaining the…
One falsehood tends to lead to another, and then another… During a November 30 appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Governor Walz: “Do you take responsibility…
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the budget forecast on Thursday, showing a $2.4 billion surplus in the current biennium (2026-27) and a $2.9 billion deficit in the next biennium…
Abdimajid Nur was convicted at the first Feeding Our Future courtroom trial, held last year, along with four of his co-defendants.
Former Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson sat down with KSTP-5 for another interview, this time as part of their What the Fraud? series. A four-minute excerpt: Thompson again emphasizes that…
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…
“Minnesota officials alerted to housing fraud two years before indictment,” reads the headline this morning in the Minnesota Star Tribune. The “housing fraud” refers to the state Medicaid program Housing…
“I have spent my career as a fraud prosecutor and the depth of the fraud in Minnesota takes my breath away” Thompson said.
Joe Thompson, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, announced eight (8) criminal charges in the massive fraud involving the state’s Housing Stabilization Services program (HSS). Over the past 4 1/2…
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…
In a press release issued today, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Joe Thompson, announced: Three Defendants Federally Indicted for Armed Robbery Spree That Shut Down Fairgrounds of the Minnesota…
From the U.S. Attorney’s press release: Carjacker Charged with Federal Crimes for Carjacking Spree that Killed Two Women and Injured a Child. David Zimmer wrote about the incident the day…
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…
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…