The Justice Department’s new fraud-fighting unit, formed in April, recently announced its first round of prosecutions in Minnesota: 15 defendants accused of $90 million in fake claims to government-benefit programs.
Commenting on the “Minnesota Health Care Fraud Takedown,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department’s new fraud division is working with the White House’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Together, they will “dismantle illegal schemes from coast-to-coast, just as they did today in Minnesota,” Blanche said in a news release, adding: “This is just the tip of the iceberg.”
In late 2025, Minnesota’s estimated $9 billion in Medicaid fraud spawned federal crackdowns that spread nationwide. Many past cases, dating to 2018, involve Somalis….