The federal government’s war on public assistance fraud is racking up some successes across the nation, but not every state seems to want to be successful. The federal government recovered about $2 billion worth of fraud in 2025, but the really big fraud is most likely happening in the states whose governments seem the least interested in treating it seriously.
WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance, who heads the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, called on Congress to codify anti-fraud measures and pass legislation that both forces data sharing between the state and federal levels and establishes harsher criminal penalties for fraud.
Authorities this week arrested in Somalia one of the “orchestrators” in a $250 million Minnesota welfare fraud scheme, ending the fugitive’s four year run from federal law enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as a leader and a candidate forged his reputation disapproving of Donald J. Trump, but his own approval rating in his state has now dipped below that of the president whom he has consistently targeted.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced charges against 15 individuals, including 11 illegal aliens, for a benefits fraud scheme.
Hope Walz, the bitter daughter of failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, is visibly irritated by Vice President JD Vance and his role in President Donald Trump’s successful administration, deeming him a “pick me loser” who should “talk about things” with her father, who is embroiled in the Somali fraud scandal.
Vice President JD Vance exposed the theft of $15 million in Medicaid funding committed by a single migrant in Maine.
The Trump administration’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is calling out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for hypocrisy as his state is among those diverting the Social Security Survivor Benefits of orphaned children to pay for child welfare costs.
Failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, is now taking credit for cracking down on fraud in his state despite dismissing critics months ago for “politicizing the issue” in a stunning evolution all around.
A woman in the United Kingdom proved that the U.S. is not the only country susceptible to government fraud as she was caught ziplining and surfing in Mexico while claiming she was disabled and bilking the British government of more
An unassuming office building on a side street in Los Angeles is being called a “ground zero” example of suspected, widespread hospice care fraud underway in California.
Ex-WWE star Ted DiBiase Jr. has been indicted for stealing more than $1.4 million in Mississippi’s massive case of state welfare fraud.
A Minneapolis man was sentenced on Wednesday for attempting to bribe a juror with stacks of cash during a federal trial concerning Minnesota’s $250 million welfare fraud scandal.
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.
A coalition of conservative state financial officers who report they have already uncovered and stopped billions in taxpayer waste is pledging to join with Vice President JD Vance to root out fraud nationwide.
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.
Democratic politicians are inviting more federal intervention in Minnesota by excusing the church invasion that violated federal law and citizens’ rights, says lawyer Jonathan Turley.
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.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz may be complicit in Minnesota’s massive migrant-run fraud and corruption, according to Homeland Security Chief Kristi Noem.
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.
