Waste, Fraud and Abuse
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House to take up three bills dealing with fraud when it returns next week
The bills include requirements on data-sharing between state and local governments, providing funds to prevent fraudulent health payments, and creating an assistant attorney general to lead the DOJ's efforts to clamp down on fraud.
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Minnesota GOP lawmakers blast inaction after years of daycare fraud warnings
House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Minnesota Democrats have perpetuated a “culture of fraud.”
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Taxpayer dollars earmarked for education spent on Miami vacation property
Two men have been charged in a $8 million fraud and kickback scheme, according to federal prosecutors.
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Justice department seizes 14 luxury vehicles, charges nine defendants in Ohio fraud investigation
The vehicles included six Mercedes-Benz cars, a Bentley, a BMW, a Jaguar, a Maserati, two Land Rovers, a GMC, and a McLaren.
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EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats ‘self-dealing’ in lucrative green energy grants
Lee Zeldin alleges that eight nonprofit "cutouts" were used to route billions to former Obama-Biden cronies.
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Taxpayer watchdog calls for accountability after helicopter prom controversy in Chicago
Controversy stems from a May 8 helicopter landing at Roesner Park in Markham.
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King County Regional Homeless Authority admits failures, shifts blame for funding woes
While KCRHA leaders admit to these internal failures in their response report, they argue that they cannot fix the system alone.
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Ohio finds $1M in taxpayer funded childcare overpayments in Ohio
The centers no longer receiving state funding following are in Franklin, Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties – the state’s three largest counties and home to Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, respectively.
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ICE arrests two Minnesota residents who are charged with $21 million in healthcare fraud
Authorities say that through two companies that one of the suspects owned, the defendants carried out a scheme to defraud a health care benefit program of approximately $21.1 million by submitting false claims to Medicaid.
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Trump administration canceled $29 billion in grants Biden awarded, EPA admin says
Trump recounted how Power Forward Communities, a Georgia-based nonprofit that has been linked to Stacey Abrams, received a $2 billion grant during the Biden administration.
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Small Business Administration's Loeffler says agency found $200 billion in fradulent pandemic loans
She said that $22 billion in those fraudulent loans have been turned over to the U.S. Treasury and Department of Justice for collections and prosecution, and people who have been convicted of fraud are serving prison sentences.
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Overpayments to welfare, Medicare recipients surged in fiscal 2025 to $186 billion: GAO report
The overpayments involved 15 federal agencies paying benefits through 64 programs.
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Bipartisan praise for federal charges in Minnesota fraud cases
Criminal charges, announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice, span seven Medicaid-related programs.