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The Department of Justice has charged two Venezuelan nationals in the U.S. illegally over an ATM “jackpotting” theft scheme resulting in millions in losses.

Vice President JD Vance, who tapped by President Donald Trump to combat fraud nationwide, on Wednesday said that the country’s social safety net would disappear unless we take combatting fraud more seriously.

Four Venezuelan migrants in Massachusetts have been charged in a one million-dollar, multi-state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud, federal prosecutors revealed on Tuesday.

A Virginia state Democrat introduced a bill that would bar the state from verifying eligibility to receive federal taxpayer benefits.

Republicans in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate have put the pieces together and say they will launch investigations into how Democrats use illegal aliens and refugees to commit election fraud.

Rep. Randy Feenstra has introduced legislation aimed at preventing individuals receiving public assistance from wiring money internationally, citing taxpayer abuse and recent high-profile fraud scandals as key motivations for the measure.

Republicans want a civil war to promote “white supremacy,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters as Democrats escalate their rhetoric to prevent the enforcement of federal law in Democrat-controlled Minnesota.

A Minneapolis man has been charged for allegedly committing over $3M in Medicaid fraud in conjunction with a licensed home health agency. 

Nick Shirley’s latest video shows him visiting several addresses in Minneapolis that supposedly provide taxpayer-funded taxi services for poor and unhealthy people.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is facing formal impeachment proceedings after Republican lawmakers introduced four articles accusing him of corrupt conduct in office, centered on his alleged role in overseeing, enabling, or failing to act on extensive fraud in state-run programs.

Cash payments will be waiting for whistleblowers who provide information related to Minnesota’s unfolding fraud scandal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is demanding his deputies be allowed to take over the high-stakes federal investigation into the death of an anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis.

A Democrat lawmaker contended during a hearing on Wednesday about alleged widespread fraud in Minnesota that her colleagues should focus on crimes perpetrated by “white men” and American citizens instead of demonizing Somalis.  

The Somali-dominated Democratic political machine in Minnesota successfully silenced hundreds of government experts who tracked the huge flow of taxpayer funds through Somali-run businesses, a top Minnesota Republican told a House hearing on Wednesday.

The founder of a Minnesota-based nonprofit who was convicted of masterminding a $250 million welfare fraud scheme was ordered by a judge to forfeit luxury goods obtained with the spoils of her corruption. 

Federal officials have begun investigating the long-ignored shippping of at least $700 million in U.S. dollars by Somalis in airline baggage.

Trump officials have hit the ground running after surging some 2,000 immigration and fraud investigators into Minneapolis.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on social media that an investigation into alleged fraud in California has begun, pointing to what he described as deep corruption under Governor Gavin Newsom. The statement comes as California faces mounting scrutiny over welfare, education, and unemployment fraud, amid a broader national crackdown following high-profile fraud cases in states like Minnesota.

The blame for Somali fraud in Minnesota goes to the Democratic Party and to the GOP, not to imported Somalis and their zero-sum culture, says the editorial board of Robert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal.

Somali operators of daycare centers and other social services receiving tax dollars are also donating to the Democratic Party.

Along with reporting of fraud in Minnesota, pro golf legend Phil Mickelson doesn’t want anyone to forget that the fraud in California.

President Donald Trump’s deputies are freezing federal payments to child care businesses in Minnesota amid growing evidence of mass fraud by Somali-owned daycare centers.

Somali migrants are claiming that Minnesota’s economy would crash without them, even as the cost of Somali-run welfare fraud is growing on a weekly basis.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), the House Majority Whip, has issued a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz demanding answers and immediate action following allegations of large-scale fraud involving Somali-run, publicly funded daycare and healthcare centers.

Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) wants an explanation from Gov. Tim Walz after a video went viral of a YouTube journalist confronting employees of an alleged daycare center receiving millions in federal aid for up to 99 kids but showing no signs of activity during the middle of the work week.

Minnesota continued to send millions in welfare funding to a Somali charity even after the group’s chairman had been arrested for fraud.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is conducting a review of Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program in the wake of the recently-discovered fraud ring targeting the state’s welfare system, with Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer saying she is “appalled” at the abuse.

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) ripped Democrat Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) for refusing to work with the feds to remove illegal aliens from welfare programs.

Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar and many other Dems are racing to side with the state’s Somali community after evidence of widespread fraud of taxpayers’ healthcare programs by Somali organizations and individuals has come to light.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed that her agency has uncovered thousands of cases of food stamp fraud, saying Democrat-run states have refused to provide data to the Trump administration as her agency investigates illegal migrants on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

A Colombian woman living illegally in Boston for 20 years under a stolen identity voted in the 2024 election and improperly received more than $400,000 in federal benefits, federal prosecutors charged this week.

Welfare fraud under $25,000 in California could be decriminalized due to Senate Bill 560, which was introduced by State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D) in February.

A network of Bulgarian fraudsters were “living like barons” after stealing at least tens of millions in UK Universal Credit welfare benefits.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s state auditor filed court papers Monday renewing his call for Brett Favre to repay the state for welfare money that the auditor says was improperly spent on projects backed by the retired NFL quarterback.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court says it will not remove NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that seeks to recover millions of dollars of misspent welfare money meant to help some of the poorest people in the United States.

Brett Favre is denying he had any knowledge that the monies he raised for a USM wellness center were coming from a welfare fund.