A Minnesota agency’s inadequate oversight of a food aid program led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases.
agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal food aid program led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largestfunds intended for supporting these programs, which offer reimbursements for meals served at participating child care centers, summer camps, and other locations, were allegedly used instead for the personal gain of 70 people, according to the report.
Last Friday, five of the initial seven defendants were convicted. Eighteen other defendants have pleaded guilty, but trials are pending for the rest. The Minnesota Department of Education “failed to act on warning signs known to the department prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and prior to the start of the alleged fraud,” the Office of the Legislative Auditor wrote in the report.
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