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How Relaxed COVID-Era Rules Fueled Minnesota's Biggest Scam
How Relaxed COVID-Era Rules Fueled Minnesota's Biggest Scam
Authored by Kristin Robbins via RealClearPolitics,
In my testimony before the Senate last week as chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and Oversight Committee, I outlined the genesis of Minnesota’s massive fraud scandal, how it expanded under relaxed COVID-era rules, and what steps the federal government can take to help stop the theft of federal tax dollars throughout the country.
Minnesota’s fraud crisis didn’t happen overnight; it took years. But it exploded when COVID hit, right when oversight was thrown out the window.
How did...
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