Follow-Up: FBI Arrests Four in Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Case Involving More Than $41 Million in Intended Losses
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on October 30 released further enforcement details from the "war on fraud" press conference held that day in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota: FBI Minneapolis executed numerous search warrants the previous day related to a combined 26-count indictment and arrested four alleged Medicaid fraudsters who intended to defraud victims of more than $41 million, with actual losses amounting to $21.65 million. The case was investigated by the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Homeland Security Investigations.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared in St. Cloud with FBI Director Kash Patel, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, and Assistant Attorney General for the National Fraud Enforcement Division Colin McDonald to announce several initiatives to combat fraud in Minnesota.
"President Trump has made clear that the war on fraud is not the work of one department, but a mandate we must carry across the Administration," Bessent said. "The U.S. Treasury is deploying every tool to bring an end to this egregious, unchecked fraud and hold perpetrators to account. And under this President's leadership, wherever the money leads, the full weight of the federal government will follow."
"We're identifying criminal funding streams, locating their center of gravity, and dismantling their networks across the country," FBI Director Patel said. "The FBI is following the money, and if you steal from the government or American taxpayers, justice will find you." FTC Chairman Ferguson said states such as Minnesota "got a free pass for four full years" while criminals stole from hardworking Americans, and that "the era of robbing American citizens is over."
The release also detailed two actions by Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN): an alert on risks involving cross-border payments through U.S.-based money services businesses, after financial institutions reported more than $8 billion in potentially suspicious wire payments from 2021 to 2025; and a notice to help financial institutions detect and report the exploitation of charities and nonprofits for terrorist financing, fraud, and other illicit activity. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter and Assistant Attorney General McDonald also vowed to keep dismantling the schemes through the Minnesota Fraud Task Force.
Source: GSM · USA
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：明尼苏达州圣克劳德市的斯特恩斯县法院。Lazy Devil 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Stearns County Courthouse in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Photo by Lazy Devil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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