Posted on 12/18/2025 3:30:37 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Federal prosecutors announced new indictments Thursday in the widening Minnesota fraud scandal, this time involving two Philadelphia-based men accused of traveling to Minneapolis after a friend told them the taxpayer-funded programs there presented "a good opportunity to make money."
Anthony Waddel Jefferson and Lester Brown are accused of siphoning millions from federally funded programs administered by Minnesota officials that were meant to help people with disabilities and those suffering from addiction.
Unlike many of the individuals previously caught up in the state's sprawling fraud scandal, they don't appear to have ties to Minnesota's large Somali-American community. Prosecutors say they don't appear to have ties to Minnesota at all.
"Minnesota has become a magnet for fraud, so much so that we have developed a fraud tourism industry — people coming to our state purely to exploit and defraud its programs," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson, who brought the new charges. "This is a deeply unsettling reality that all Minnesotans should understand."
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They spelled ‘take’ wrong.
Don’t ask...
I often wonder what percentage of our tax dollars are given away to schisters through fraud. 50%?
Walz has acknowledged his state fell short in its fraud fighting efforts and listed a series of steps he has taken to implement more safeguards for taxpayer-funded social services.
he formed a committee and spent more money.
During my brief time in MSP back in the 1980s I recall hearing rumors of people driving up from chicago once a month for ‘benefits.’
Yes. Many Chicago blacks have always come up here to double dip.
“Walz’s Minnesota has become a magnet for fraud
and has a thriving tax dollar fraud tourism industry.”
“People come in just to defraud tax-supported programs.”
Democrat Kamala Harris picking Walz for her VP considered this an asset.
“Democrat Kamala Harris picking Walz for her VP considered this an asset.”
You read my mind word for word.
We dodged that bullet.....thank God.
Dear Lord.
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