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LOEFFLER: Vast network of Somali nonprofits ripped off Minnesota’s welfare state
Fox News ^ | December 30, 2025 | Kelly Loeffler

Posted on 01/02/2026 5:33:08 AM PST by Twotone

When the news broke of convictions for rampant fraud across several pandemic programs in Minnesota, the $1 billion price tag and over 90 indictments were staggering. We now know this is a very low estimate of the price Americans have paid to fund deeply corrupt state-administered welfare programs.

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The governor recently defended the state’s "generosity" which allowed Somali fraudsters to purchase luxury cars, homes and vacations at the expense of hungry Minnesotans. Its welfare state is widely considered a magnet for those seeking to become beneficiaries. Alarmingly, welfare is now the state’s single-largest annual expenditure — higher than education, highways and public safety.

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With this disproportionate level of possible fraud – and ongoing allegations arising across other federal programs – we broadened our scope to investigate every COVID-19 loan granted in Minnesota. In a matter of weeks, we uncovered a staggering 13,600 PPP loans that were flagged for fraud but later approved, totaling about $430 million in potentially fraudulent funds that should have been used to save Main Street jobs and businesses. In many cases, the loans were forgiven entirely.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: fraud; minnesota; sba; somalis

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1 posted on 01/02/2026 5:33:08 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Unless people go to jail, it means nothing.


2 posted on 01/02/2026 5:35:11 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: Twotone

Walz and his loving wife - who admitted to leaving her windows open during the Floyd protests so she could revel in the smell of burning tires - are doing everything they can to destroy America and Americans.

“Again we had more sleepless nights during the riots,” Walz said. “I could smell the burning tires, and that was a very real thing. I kept the windows open as long as I could because I felt like that was such a touchstone of what was happening.”

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minnesota-first-lady-gwen-walz-opens-up-about-covid-19-decisions-aftermath-of-george-floyds-death/


3 posted on 01/02/2026 5:48:03 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Twotone

When a judge orders Trump to restart payments again, this time ignore him.


4 posted on 01/02/2026 5:51:31 AM PST by roving
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To: Twotone

I will argue that the vast number of nonprofits are actually DNC nonprofits with Somali patsys now holding the bag.

The Somalis are the unwitting black pipes through which stolen money flows to the DNC via the Somali’s fronts


5 posted on 01/02/2026 5:57:10 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Walz’s wife is as much of a knucklehead as he is.


6 posted on 01/02/2026 6:07:29 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Twotone
During the pandemic, the agency issued $1.2 trillion in loans, helping save millions of small businesses and jobs.

See how that works? The government creates a completely bogus "crisis", and through thoroughly unconstitutional "mandates", destroys privately owned businesses. Then they take taxpayer money and "save" those businesses from the very destruction they created with their mandates. Along the way, they buy a lot of votes, and line their own pockets and those of their politically connected pals.

It amazes me how many people trusted/believed the government during the b.s. "plandemic". Our government is less trustworthy than a used car salesman, a "journalist", or a Somali running a day care center.

7 posted on 01/02/2026 6:12:47 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Twotone

The tentacles of Islam are vast. Their deceivers are well versed.


8 posted on 01/02/2026 6:17:45 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Democrat = party of treason

But they’re Democrats.


9 posted on 01/02/2026 6:18:28 AM PST by OKSooner (Susie is Rasputin.)
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To: Twotone

Defrauding the United States Governments is also known as the LAWYER FULL EMPLOYMENT.

For decades the LAWYERS have worked for NGOs to escort illegals into the USA, place the illegals in communities, and then create Fake Businesses. All of this work was funded by a myriad of government grants.

Now that the Fraud has been exposed, these same LAWYERS will be hired by the government to be the Prosecuting and Defense Attorneys in adjudicating the fraud cases.


10 posted on 01/02/2026 6:29:52 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Sicon

Our government is less trustworthy than a used car salesman,
“accredited journalists”, or a Somali running a daycare center.


Hah......good one.


11 posted on 01/02/2026 6:56:09 AM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
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To: Twotone

Author forgot to mention the aid offered by Walz for a small cut.


12 posted on 01/02/2026 6:57:09 AM PST by chopperk
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I will argue the Somali patsy’s got the small cut and the DNC/Walz got the bulk of the money

The Black Somalis are the pipe through which the money flowed to the DNC


13 posted on 01/02/2026 7:04:41 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Twotone; bitt; little jeremiah

e broadened our scope to investigate every COVID-19 loan granted in Minnesota. In a matter of weeks, we uncovered a staggering 13,600 PPP loans that were flagged for fraud but later approved, totaling about $430 million in potentially fraudulent funds that should have been used to save Main Street jobs and businesses. In many cases, the loans were forgiven entirely.

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let me repeat this quote from the article:

we uncovered a staggering 13,600 PPP loans that were flagged for fraud but later approved, totaling about $430 million in potentially fraudulent funds that should have been used to save Main Street jobs and businesses. In many cases, the loans were forgiven entirely.

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who approved these fraudulent loans?


14 posted on 01/02/2026 7:08:30 AM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Twotone

I know everyone is focusing on Somalis but they are the tip of the iceberg. They did not invent this type of fraud. This goes on all the time. A vast network of non-profits grifts off of the Welfare State that includes good old Americans too. Its a cancer that is destroying the country.


15 posted on 01/02/2026 7:28:11 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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"The governor recently defended the state’s "generosity" which allowed Somali fraudsters to purchase luxury cars, homes and vacations at the expense of hungry Minnesotans at the expense of Minnesota taxpayers."

Fixed.

And, it's about to get a whole lot worse:

"The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

Walz blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.

16 posted on 01/02/2026 7:28:51 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Twotone

Wait a minute.
Are these new crimes that nobody will do anything about, or are these older crimes that nobody has done anything about?


17 posted on 01/02/2026 7:34:08 AM PST by skimbell
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To: Bon of Babble

Walz blew through a $19B budget surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ tax dollars get stolen in Somali fraud. Braindead walz recently defended the state’s “generosity” which allowed Somali fraudsters to purchase luxury cars, palatial homes and deluxe vacations at the expense of Minnesota taxpayers’ hungry children

And, it’s about to get a whole lot worse: Property taxes are set
to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.


18 posted on 01/02/2026 7:34:47 AM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
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To: Liz

Not to mention they let $1B cash fly out of MPLS airport. Allegedly all of that was documented; if so, DOJ needs to cross check that list with all their other fraud name lists.


19 posted on 01/02/2026 8:31:04 AM PST by JohnBovenmyer
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To: roving

It’s time for SCOTUS to switch from civil rights cases to serious Constitutional issues.


20 posted on 01/02/2026 8:33:48 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn... )
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