House convenes hearing on Minnesota fraud case
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For instance, the Justice Department has charged about 100 people, Health and Human Services has frozen all child care payments to the state, and the Small Business Administration has paused its annual grant programs and suspended nearly 7,000 borrowers for about $400 million in suspected fraud, the White House reported last Friday.
The House Oversight Committee held a hearing Wednesday about the allegations of fraud and misuse of federal funds.
Democratic Rep. Emily Randall calls for focus on crimes by 'Americans' and 'White men' during House hearing addressing Minnesota's fraud crisis.
The Ohio governor is once again trying to counter misinformation about immigrants, more than a year after baseless claims that Haitians in Springfield were eating pets.
Bankrupt auto-parts maker First Brands could run out of cash by the end of the month, and it is seeking additional funding from its lenders and pursuing near-term asset sales in order to buy more time to restructure a business that has been plagued by fraud allegations,
The Justice Department is sending a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to help investigate allegations of widespread fraud within the state's social services programs, U.S. officials said.
Trump officials threaten to expand a crackdown on fraud in Minnesota to other Democratic-run states.
After escalating federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota, Trump administration officials have vowed to broaden a crackdown on fraud in the state’s social safety net programs to other Democratic-controlled states including California and New York.
Minnesota audit reveals $425 million in grants lacked oversight, with missing reports and alleged document fabrication at DHS behavioral health program.