Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks at a Community Empowerment speaker series at the Bridge Center on May 7, 2025, in Detroit, Mich. (Monica Morgan/Getty Images)
More than 90 people — most from Minnesota's large Somali community — have been charged since 2022 in what has been described as the nation's largest COVID-era scheme. How much money has been stolen through alleged money laundering operations involving fraudulent meal and housing programs, daycare centers and Medicaid services is still being tabulated. But the U.S. attorney in Minnesota said the scope of the fraud could exceed $1 billion and rise to as high as $9 billion.
"We are unearthing staggering amounts of fraud in Minnesota. As far back as 2014, there were credible whistleblower allegations of millions in daycare fraud," Minnesota state Rep. Kristen Robbins, a Republican, said during the hearing, just minutes after Ellison’s post on X. "Instead of shutting it down, the state minimized whistleblower reports and allowed fraud to grow."
TOP HEALTH POLICY EXPERT CALLS MINNESOTA FRAUD ‘DISGUSTING,’ WARNS OBAMACARE ISSUES ARE NATIONWIDE
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced that he would not be seeking reelection on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, at a press conference at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
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Robbins will appear on Fox News’ "The Ingraham Angle" on Wednesday night and respond to Ellison’s comments.
Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser, Andrew Mark Miller and Samantha Fox contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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