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... Minnesota fraud: Which groups are involved?

At the center of the allegations is the Feeding Our Future nonprofit.

Founded in 2016, the organization opened more than 200 federal child nutrition program sites across Minnesota and claimed to serve meals to thousands of children each day during the COVID-19 pandemic.

But court documents argue that, rather than feeding children, money was instead pocketed by fraudsters or sent elsewhere, to places including Somalia, Kenya and China.

Charges first surfaced in 2022, when U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland called the $250 million fraud scheme "an egregious plot to steal public funds meant to care for children in need." ...

Where did Minnesota fraud money end up?

Funds raised by Feeding Our Future were spent on island vacations, luxury vehicles, waterfront properties, jewelry and other lavish items, according to court documents.

Federal trial exhibits show accused fraudsters celebrating a honeymoon in the Maldives with champagne and purchasing entire buildings in Kenya.

"They used this money that was supposed to be used for feeding children to buy houses in Minnesota, resort property and real estate in Kenya and Turkey, luxury cars, commercial property, jewelry and much more," former U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said when announcing the indictments in September 2022. ...

@#3 ... It's about desperately trying to make a story out of nothing. ...

I wouldn't go as far as to say, "out of nothing" because there does seem to be something there.

What interests me is the apparent sudden and targeted PR blitz about this fraud investigation.

An investigation that has been ongoing since before 2022, and has already had convictions and sentences issued.

@#11

From that link ...

... Right wing provocateur Nick Shirley has published a video claiming he has proof of fraud in Somali daycare centers. I watched the video so you don't have to. The entire video is, in a word, propaganda. Despite this complete lack of substantiation, Vice President JD Vance praised Shirley and suggested he deserves a Pulitzer Prize. MAGA media has since moved immediately to demonize the Somali community in Minnesota as a whole"facts be damned.

That framing is not just reckless"it is intentionally racist. And it obscures the real issue entirely. Here are the critical facts they leave out, and hope Americans don't see. Let's Address This. ....

A Propagandized Claim With Zero Evidence

Shirley begins his interview with a man named "David," who apparently investigated this alleged fraud for years. Shirley provides no explanation of who David is, what qualifications he has, or what actual evidence of fraud he's uncovered. Instead, while waving around documents that he never bothers to validate, David makes the following bombastic and factless claims:

- - - "Compared to worldwide, the fraud is worse here in the Twin Cities than anywhere else ever, in history, anywhere."

- - - "The allegedly stolen funds are being sent to terrorist organizations."

- - - "We have to be careful because these [Somali] people are very violent, they're exceptionally violent."

- - - "Tim Walz is guilty of misconduct with a public employee."

Note"the above are actual quotes from David. At no point in the video does David or Shirley provide any actual evidence for the above claims.

@#14

My guess is that he knew of it because the fraud was being investigated by the DoJ since before 2022.

I doubt if he turned a blind eye to it, as it was a Federal investigation, under the auspices of AG Merrick Garland.

Do you have any evidence that he tried to block that Federal investigation?

Or are your comments like the video you liked to ... apparently full of lots of unsubstantiated pasture pastries?