明尼苏达州250M大流行性欺诈案指控90多人伪造非营利服务。
Over 90 charged in Minnesota’s $250M pandemic fraud case involving fake nonprofit services.
联邦检察官对明尼苏达州最大的大流行性欺诈案进行了定罪,指控通过非营利性的 " 养活我们的未来 " 抽取了2.5亿多美元的救济资金。
Federal prosecutors have secured convictions in Minnesota's largest pandemic fraud case, alleging that more than $250 million in relief funds were siphoned through the nonprofit Feeding Our Future.
超过90人受到指控,至少60人被定罪,调查已扩大到14个方案,包括医疗援助资助的住房和自闭症治疗,其中服务收费,但从未提供。
More than 90 people have been charged, with at least 60 convicted, and the investigation has spread to 14 programs, including Medicaid-funded housing and autism therapy, where services were billed but never delivered.
初步估计表明,自2018年以来花费的180亿美元中一半以上可能是欺诈,尽管数字仍在审查中。
Preliminary estimates indicate that more than half of the $18 billion spent since 2018 may have been fraudulent, though figures are still being reviewed.
2024年国家审计发现监督失败,官员出于对诉讼和种族歧视申诉的恐惧而无视红旗。
A 2024 state audit discovered oversight failures, with officials ignoring red flags out of fear of lawsuits and racial discrimination claims.
被描述为系统性和工业规模的欺诈促使联邦采取镇压行动,包括国土安全部的调查和联邦调查局的资源部署,官员强调重点是欺诈而不是族裔。
The fraud, described as systemic and industrial-scale, has prompted federal crackdowns, including DHS investigations and FBI resource deployments, with officials emphasizing that the focus is on fraud rather than ethnicity.
全面的财政影响仍在调查中。
The full financial impact is still under investigation.