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‘They Saw People Getting Away With It:’ How Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Exploded

The Minnesota scandals now drawing the national spotlight have been simmering for at least a decade.
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‘They Saw People Getting Away With It:’ How Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Exploded
Aimee Bock (C), founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization Feeding Our Future, arrives at the Minneapolis federal courthouse with her attorney, Ken Udoibok (R) in Minneapolis on March 19, 2025. Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP
Janice Hisle
Janice Hisle
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When 200 federal agents raided dozens of Minnesota homes and businesses on Jan. 20, 2022, policy analyst Bill Glahn took notice. So did a lot of other people—at first.

An initial blast of news coverage trumpeted an emerging multimillion-dollar welfare-fraud scandal. Then, however, “it just vanished from the radar” of most media outlets and public consciousness, Glahn told The Epoch Times. “The stories just dried up,” and reporters moved on to cover other topics.

Janice Hisle
Janice Hisle
Reporter
Janice Hisle mainly writes in-depth reports based on U.S. political news and cultural trends, following a two-year stint covering President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection campaign. Before joining The Epoch Times in 2022, she worked more than two decades as a reporter for newspapers in Ohio and authored several books. She is a graduate of Kent State University's journalism program. You can reach Janice at: [email protected]
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