Minnesota Gets New Fraud Czar Amid Somali Welfare Scandal

The move follows growing federal scrutiny of alleged welfare fraud networks in the state.
Minnesota Gets New Fraud Czar Amid Somali Welfare Scandal
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks outside the Annunciation Catholic School, in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday named Tim O’Malley the state’s director of program integrity, tapping the judge and former superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to root out fraud in government.

O’Malley, who also worked as an FBI agent and spearheaded reforms in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, will be involved across agencies to oversee that taxpayer funds are not misappropriated.

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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.