ST. PAUL –Last week news broke that law enforcement officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation served search warrants in downtown Minneapolis and St. Cloud as part of a wide-ranging Medicaid fraud investigation. The warrant shows at least twelve people charged in the Feeding Our Future caseowned, received money from or were associated with autism centers that got state funding for providing services. Representative Jeff Backer, R-Browns Valley, issued the following statement in response.
“Minnesota has a massive fraud, waste, and abuse problem that has far reaching impacts across multiple public programs,” said Backer. “We need to completely overhaul these systems to make sure that those looking to take advantage of Minnesota taxpayers cannot do so. Looking ahead to the upcoming legislative session, House Republicans will make sure that government is accountable to taxpayers once again.”
In July, Gov. Walz said that he was “not aware” of the FBI investigation and seemed unaware of allegations of fraud in Minnesota’s autism program.
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