According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, 14 Medicaid services currently under audit and deemed “high risk” have cost the state $18 billion since 2018. “I don’t make these generalizations in a hasty way,” he said. “When I say significant amount, I’m talking on the order of half or more. But we’ll see. When I look at the claims data and the providers, I see more red flags than I see legitimate providers.”
Thompson said during a press conference announcing new indictments that entire companies were created not to provide medical services but to pocket federal funds for international travel, luxury vehicles and lavish lifestyles. “The magnitude cannot be overstated,” Thompson said. “What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes. It’s staggering, industrial-scale fraud.”
Thompson then outlined an industry of “fraud tourism” where some outsiders -specifically two from Philadelphia- even travelled to the state to participate in the financial windfalls. The scheme was “easy money,” he said.
(VIA CBS) – Five new defendants have been charged in connection with a Minnesota housing services fraud, Thompson said. Two of them pocketed $750,000 instead of helping Medicaid recipients find stable housing, he said. Prosecutors allege they used the proceeds to travel to international destinations, including London, Istanbul and Dubai.
One defendant submitted $1.4 million in fraudulent claims, using some of the funds to purchase cryptocurrency, Thompson said. Federal officials say he fled the country after receiving a subpoena.
The five charged include two Philadelphia residents who have been accused of “fraud tourism” after they registered as Minnesota providers. (read more)
Immediately STOP all federal financial, medical, food, education and housing aid to Somali people living in the USA. Give them NOTHING but a one-way flight back to Mogadishu. We owe these pirates nothing. They have been stealing and looting for generations. It is all they know. It is their culture.
TRASH !
Should stop all of that for the entire state of Minnesota.
USAID and corrupt NGOs were the fire-hose used pour US taxpayer dollars into these third-world Shiite-holes. Of course with a percentage boom-a-wranging back to DC operatives.
A gentleman made a very informative post some months ago about the ridiculous U.S. Foreign Policy directed at Russia particularly since Hillary Clinton started stirring up trouble at the end of the Obama administration. We’ve had uniquely aligned interests with the Russians and a duty for peace on earth to be closely aligned with them ever since the U.S.S.R. fell under its own weight. What gives?
Well apparently there are a nucleus of immigrants who are Trotskyite global communists that operate out of the U.S. now because they were purged out of Russia. They’re assimilated in a strange way, they don’t want to go home anymore but they still carry their hatred for the Russian people. Victoria Nuland fits the profile exactly (most of them are Jewish). It’s a purely personal motivation, they have an ax to grind – and they’re imbedded in the U.S. government for that purpose. Just look at the people who cause the problems and check their backgrounds. It’s disgusting.
These people have to be vigorously extracted from the United States government – attempting to start World War 3 in a nuclear environment is stark raving mad.
Extracted?
Eliminated!
I can easily picture that evolving from the Pogroms and other persecutions of Jews. In other parts of the world people have long memories and carry grudges for thousands of years. Living in Europe opened my eyes to this and the EU will not last.
If these people are not deported back to Somalia, somebody needs to go to prison. This was OUR money and someone in our country allowed it to be stolen – this had better not stand and we better see STRONG repercussions against the people who did it and allowed it. But we won’t. Nobody really cares about the citizens in our country. Certainly not our politicians.
Our $38 trillion deficit is all fraud.
You need to round up, no more pennies.
The purpose of government is looting.
thompson seems highly amused. hahahaha…
Isn’t it, like, ray-cyst to criticize or even acknowledge this?
Only one state.
Could it be?
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/12/20/was-rob-reiner-a-deep-state-spook-roll-the-tape-n4947314
Another piece (s) to the puzzle.
Verrrrry interrrresting!
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Politicians on state, federal and local levels have got to be held accountable for the torment of –and theft from — taxpaying citizens.
Waltz needs to be booted out of office and prosecuted.
Forget too big to fail.
Nobody in this country should be too big to jail.
I saw this post on X from HHS DepSec O’Neil when he posted it, and I see it again here, and very much hope the administration follows through on demanding repayment.
If that happens, every single “charity” helping with “refugee” resettlement is on the hook and will be bankrupted. Every single “charity” that lined up at the government trough demanding payment for importing millions…is documented, and they should be easy to find.
The full text in the post in case it does not show in my comment.
“The Trump administration is making sponsors pay back the money that migrants received through tax-payer funded benefits like welfare and health care. Deputy Secretary of HHS, Jim O’Neill, is sending out demands for repayment from sponsors of migrants who have accessed taxpayer-funded benefits.
Its actually a pre-existing law that was not enforced during the Biden Administration.
O’Neill said that sponsors are on the hook for the money when sponsored migrants use public benefits.
This action lines up with federal immigration law, which has required this type of accountability since the 1996 welfare reform.
Details:
Sponsors who sign Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support) enter a legally binding contract to reimburse the government for any benefits received by the sponsored migrant.
Covered benefits typically include programs like Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, and SSI administered through HHS or related agencies.
The obligation remains until the migrant becomes a U.S. citizen, accrues 40 quarters of qualifying work, departs the country permanently, or dies.
Agencies may demand repayment directly from sponsors, with options to pursue legal action for non-compliance, including recovery of costs and fees.
This move makes sure migrant sponsors, not American taxpayers, should cover support costs, preventing public resources from being used when private commitments exist.”
Edited to add: I also saw Stephen Miller on some talk show talking about the law that has been ignored for 30 years requiring this repayment.
If only…
When do I get my refund of the $2,000 the Feds redistributed to illegal aliens every year of the Autopen Administration?
And have you seen the new Minnesota state flag???
These new “graphic” flags are unattractive at best. Utah has one too.
Yes it is like the Somali Flag.
Trump’s “Office of Legal Counsel” has just issued a binding written opinion which states in essence that the “loophole” used for the last 30 years or so to justify providing a whole host of welfare benefits to illegal aliens was and is incorrect! As Constitutional Law / 2A Scholar and Attorney Mark Smith says … A HUGE WIN FOR AMERICA. Smith explains it all in detail. Watch:
You can read it for yourself here:
https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1421356/dl
A BIG GIFT from Santa Trump for Christmas!
If our federal law enforcement doesn’t arrest, indict and prosecute Governor Waltz then this is nothing but theater. Where is the accountability?
If Mike Lindell get elected as Governor of MN, it will be a miracle and he will have a mess to clean up!
You cannot engage in this sort of long term, systemic, colossal type of theft without the planning and support of people responsible for the actual distribution of the money and management of the program.
Indifference and ignorance of it are not a defense. “Minnesota Nice” my rear end. “Minnesota Corrupt” is more like it.
When you keep voting for these people you are consenting to the corruption, and are therefore a willing partner in it.
The largest state level Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ever.
Minnesota – Land of 10,000 Crooks
“14 Medicaid services currently under audit and deemed “high risk” have cost the state $18 billion since 2018”. I am happy that fraud was finally discovered, but is there any reason why it couldn’t have been discovered earlier? Seven years?
I love this guy, Johnson is really interesting. God bless him and the staff. He’s intensely truthful, I like the smile on his face he looks excited to get all the people committing fraud. I’m sure there are a lot more. I hope the find the kickbacks to tampon Waltz
I have to ask who tf, thought Somalis were some kind of benefit to US, the have a constant war town country that the public there participated in constant war. They are not just people leaving it, the deadliest there come to US. No more illegals from any of those countries, and I would include all the EU countries and the UK. They never will forgave the founding fathers of America that came by immigrants. It’s all about control. I personally think all immigration be stopped for the next 50 years. The DS in the US and world have been trying to destroy us since the founding
Start naming/prosecuting the enablers!
What’s really telling is that the Democrat Party (not the supporters) CHOSE Governor Mike Walz to be Kamala’s VP over anybody else.
It was to be a REWARD, for a job well done.
Shapiro & others paled by comparison.