Taxpayers’ Money Still Flowing to Indicted Fraud Suspect: Minnesota Lawmaker

The head of a fraud-fighting committee suggested that basic safeguards are still lacking at state agencies despite attempts to quell Minnesota’s fraud epidemic.

The Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minn., on May 11, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A Minnesota lawmaker alleged on Dec. 17 that a man awaiting trial on federal charges that he laundered $1.1 million in taxpayer dollars and his wife continue to collect payments from other government programs, a state lawmaker said Dec. 17.

That’s concerning, state Rep. Kristin Robbins told the fraud-fighting committee that she chairs.