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An independent auditor has faulted the state for lax oversight in nation’s largest case of pandemic fraud. Gov. Tim Walz has pushed back on calls for accountability.
The largest pandemic relief fraud case in the country, totaling $250 million, was aimed at reducing child hunger. ... Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was subpoenaed by the House Education Committee on ...
In January of 2022, the FBI raided a number of Feeding Our Future "meal" locations and the nonprofit was disestablished shortly thereafter. [1] That fall, members of the organization were accused of defrauding the state's USDA-funded school nutrition programs of at least $250 million over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, led by the organization's president, Aimee Bock.
Opening statements are expected Monday in the fraud trial of seven people charged in what federal prosecutors have called a massive scheme to exploit lax rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order on Jan. 3, 2025, to create a centralized fraud unit within the BCA and enact other measures to combat fraud. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer ...
On December 2, 2009, Tom Petters was found guilty in the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota on 20 counts of conspiracy, wire and mail fraud. [5] [19] In April 2010, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his part in the fraud. [19] [20] Five other employees have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentences. [19]
The 2008 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 2008. After a legal battle lasting over eight months, the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate, Al Franken , defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate, with Coleman's Senate predecessor Dean ...
A House committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Walz and other state officials for how they responded to a pandemic fraud scheme.