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Pennsylvania’s welfare fraud rate surged 165 percent in 2025, vaulting the Commonwealth to the fourth‑highest rate in the nation and raising fresh questions about whether Harrisburg and its largest cities are equipped to protect taxpayer dollars. The spike comes as the state’s primary anti‑fraud watchdog, the Office of State Inspector General, operates with long‑standing vacancies and limited independence, while major jurisdictions such as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh lack their own welfare fraud units or truly independent inspectors general with law‑enforcement authority

🚨 BREAKING: Three more Somali and 3rd world pirates just PLEADED GUILTY in the Minnesota Feeding our Future fraud scheme 1. Aisha Hussein 2. Sahra Osman 3. Fadumo Yusuf They each pleaded guilty to wire fraud. These pirates claimed to give out MILLIONS of meals, stealing taxpayer dollars I don't want a SINGLE 3rd world pirate left in America!

Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·4hThis is absolutely insaneJournalist Angela Rose investigates Minnesota Rep Ilhan Omar’s consulting headquarters who claims to manage $60 billion in assetsShe goes into the building, walks every floorThey DO NOT EXIST. (Holy S***)“We are going to be infiltrating Ilhan Omar's sketchy consulting headquarters that claims that they have $60 billion in assets under their management. Yet they are located out of a co-working place called WeWork. This company is called Rose Lake Capital and it is co-owned by Ilhan Omar's husband Timothy Manette. And similar to the winery in 2023, it made up to $51,000 and it had...

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman criticized Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom for attacking YouTuber Nick Shirley during a Wednesday “All-In Podcast” episode. Shortly after Shirley released a Monday video in which he claimed to document over $170 million in taxpayer fraud in California, Newsom’s press office X account posted a cartoon image of the YouTuber at a daycare, asking to see the children there. On the podcast, Fetterman appeared to reference the post, and accused Newsom of implying Shirley was a pedophile and suggested the governor should seek common ground with the YouTuber on reducing fraud. “Why can’t you celebrate...

This morning, federal and local law enforcement arrested 10 defendants—eight in Los Angeles County and two foreign nationals—charged in a 15-count indictment with stealing the identities of elderly victims, using that information to obtain title reports for residential properties, then soliciting millions of dollars in hard-money loans from private lenders by falsely representing the loans as secured by the victims’ properties. These arrests are the tip of the iceberg in terms of the fraud permeating California. Under the leadership of @AGPamBondi, we will target rampant fraud committed against the government and private citizens alike. The defendants arrested in L.A. County...

New York City has more than tripled spending on unsheltered homelessness since 2019, shelling out nearly $368 million even as the number of people living on the streets continued to rise, according to a state comptroller’s report. The city’s own numbers show the unsheltered population grew from 3,588 in fiscal year 2019 to 4,504 in fiscal year 2025, a 26% increase from pre-pandemic levels. Over that same period, spending on services for the unsheltered jumped 262%, from $102 million to nearly $368 million. That works out to roughly $81,700 per unsheltered person in FY 2025 — slightly more than the...

The new White House task force will withhold government funding for state and local benefits programs if their anti-fraud controls are viewed as lacking. IT MODERNIZATION The White House is kicking off President Donald Trump’s “war on fraud” with a focus on federally-funded benefits like housing, food and cash assistance programs. Among the tactics that a new anti-fraud task force will be pursuing is withholding government funding to state and local jurisdictions whose anti-fraud controls for benefits are deemed inadequate and increasing data-sharing between states and the federal government, according to the Monday executive order establishing the task force. Both...

This is a different type of hospice fraud. Seniors not aware they are in hospice (they aren't dying), neglected and defrauded when the home owner distributes their identity information to others who bill medicaid.DrOzCMS @DrOzCMSHospice fraud isn’t just about stealing your tax dollars – in some cases it’s about stealing your life. Federal and state authorities raided this illegal hospice ring in southern California earlier this month, but there are plenty more like it. We won’t rest until seniors and taxpayers are safe. March 18, 2026

The Merabi Professional Medical Plaza, a three-story, 32,000 square foot stucco and glass office building in Los Angeles, is home to a salon, a law office, a modeling agency, a realty corporation and, also, 89 licensed hospice companies. Patient advocate Sheila Clark, who has worked to expose allegations of widespread Medicare fraud in the hospice industry, calls this building "ground zero" for the issue. "This particular building I noticed, I'm like, 'dang, how can there be that many licensed and certified hospices in this tiny little building?,'" Clark said. The building is among the most extreme cases of what's known...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to crack down on illegal immigrants participating in welfare fraud despite fierce objections from most Democrats. Lawmakers voted 231-186 to approve the Deporting Fraudsters Act, with 186 Democrats opposing the measure. The bill, sponsored by Rep. David Taylor, R-Ohio, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly define fraud as a deportable offense. Republicans said the legislation is necessary to ensure that noncitizens who steal taxpayer dollars are no longer eligible for immigration relief services or legal protections.

John Solomon is reporting on previously suppressed information indicating that, as early as 2020, we knew the Chinese were trying to interfere in our elections and that this intelligence was covered up. The burning question is, of course, why that happened. [Youtube video at source link] Solomon’s report is based on a 7 April 2020 National Intelligence Council Assessment. That report reads in part: “We assess that China and Russia are increasing their ability to analyze and manipulate large quantities of personal information in ways that will allow them to more effectively target and influence, or coerce, individuals and groups...

In 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom broke ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), a project featuring an overpass for animals atop ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California. At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to “complete the job within another $10 million,” before seeming to hedge on whether that final sum would do the trick. Officials projected a 2025 completion date for the overpass, and estimated that the entire project — which includes the bridge and other ancillary developments — would cost $92 million, some of it coming...

The Chinese did, in fact, meddle in the 2020 presidential vote in the United States, and the intelligence community did hide that information from President Donald Trump. That's according to a new investigative report at Just the News on the clouded vote results that already are known to have been under the undue influence of two factors. Those are the FBI's decision to interfere by falsely claiming that accurate information about Biden family scandals revealed in a laptop abandoned by Hunter Biden was Russian disinformation and Mark Zuckerberg's decision to put his thumb on the scale by handing out $400...

The O’Keefe Media Group on Tuesday released part one of its investigation into a California elections fraud cash for ballots scheme. James O’Keefe and his team of journalists went undercover on Skid Row in Los Angeles posing as homeless people.

This has been pretty entertaining today. I've been catching a bunch of Nick's videos in between stories, and holy smokes - what he's finding doing his trademark wander around and knock on doors is, well, classic Shirley. That sweet face and so innocent, pre-pubescent teenage boy's voice, 'If I open a hospice, can I get a brand new Maybach, too?'The kid is a treasure. This is where it all starts. He's at what looks like an old, rundown two-story motor inn. The kind you might remember from trips as a kid, where you drove through some sort of an arch...

A federal court revoked the U.S. citizenship of a man who orchestrated a massive $3.8 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, ruling he obtained naturalization through lies while actively committing fraud. The defendant submitted numerous fraudulent loan applications using false information and diverted taxpayer funds meant for struggling businesses. When you lie, cheat, and exploit programs meant to help others, accountability doesn’t stop at sentencing. It follows you.

🚨 BREAKING: In an incredible development, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office and AG James Uthmeier just pledged 100% FULL COOPERATION with Dr. Oz's new investigation into rampant healthcare fraud in Florida See how EASY it is, Minnesota and California?! 👏🏻☀️ Trump CMS chief Dr. Oz said he found "horrifying" amounts of healthcare fraud in the state, and is seeking more documentation In response, DeSantis' chief of staff replied Florida is "working closely" with CMS "We have zero tolerance for waste, fraud, and abuse — and we will aggressively deploy every resource necessary to root it out at any level in...

CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS FRAUD CASH FOR BALLOTS PART I: Homeless Bribed with Cash & Drugs In Exchange For Registering To Vote & Signing Election Petitions Caught On Tape Undercover On Skid Row In California. “You can just put Pinocchio Lane.” California NGOs Encourage Fake Addresses To Homeless People To Sign Petitions & Register Voters, A State & Federal Felony. Footage Shows 28 Instances Of Cash Changing Hands For Ballot Signatures & Voter Registration Forms. Many of the petitioners had no understanding of the petitions’ purpose they were advertising. Circulators also instructed individuals to use fake addresses. “Oh, you can just fake...

When a naturalized citizen commits terrorism in the United States, current law makes revoking citizenship extremely difficult unless fraud in the naturalization process can be proven. That gap leaves serious national security concerns, and it’s a reality we have to confront head on.

The probability of election fraud is astronomical, given the potential spoils for the winners. Now look at government -- just a few examples: The City of Chicago has a $16.6 billion budget. There are tens of thousands of cities in the U.S., most of them smaller than that, but all of them containing an array of sub-accounts, from road funds to office space rental, to staff and foodservice and maintenance contracts. SNIP There are cities where pollworkers load up the machine with votes before the polls open, or where busloads of patronage workers drive around the city on election day,...