The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division), and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced a series of enforcement actions targeting fraud involving taxpayer-funded Medicaid and SNAP programs.Between Sept. 30, and today, the Fraud Division and the District of Minnesota have charged, convicted, or sentenced 13 defendants whose alleged or proven schemes caused nearly $83 million in intended losses to the federal government, including approximately $29.1 million in fraud uncovered in the newly charged cases. This effort is a result of a partnership between prosecutors from DOJ’s Fraud Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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