WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX 9) – Two Minnesotans shared their experiences with fraud and retaliation in Minnesota’s Department of Human Services during a U.S. Senate hearing.
Minnesota voices highlight fraud concerns at Senate hearing
What we know:
Jay Swanson, a former manager of recipient and child care provider investigations at Minnesota’s Department of Human Services, and Faye Bernstein, a current compliance specialist at the department, testified before the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee.
The hearing, titled “Blowing the Whistle: Inside the Grift That Keeps on Giving,” focused on fraud and whistleblower experiences.
Bernstein described how her concerns about risky financial practices and conflicts of interest were dismissed by leadership.
“But the response I got from leadership was anywhere from, ‘I don’t understand what the problem is, we’ve always done this Faye,’…
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