Feds Estimate Somali-Linked Fraud in Walz's Minnesota Could Top $9 Billion

News Staff : Dec 19, 2025
The National Pulse

[TheNationalPulse.com] Federal prosecutors in Minnesota announced new charges on December 18 tied to a sweeping, largely Somali fraud investigation that officials say has cost taxpayers billions of dollars, describing the misconduct as unprecedented in scale and scope. First Assistant US Attorney Joe Thompson said investigators have identified fraud across 14 government programs since 2018, involving an estimated $18 billion in public funds. "Thefraud is not small. It isn't isolated. The magnitude cannot be overstated. What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes. It's staggering industrial-scale fraud. It's swamping Minnesota and calling into question everything we know about our state," Thompson said... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via Forbes video)