As federal prosecutors bring more fraud charges against those suspected of stealing taxpayer money in Minnesota, a common theme among the defendants persists.
As federal prosecutors bring more fraud charges against those suspected of stealing taxpayer money in Minnesota, a common theme among the defendants persists.
A 5 INVESTIGATES review of federal fraud charges against 106 people found 92 names of Somali descent – 87% of defendants linked to investigations of Feeding our Future, autism treatment, housing stabilization, and other safety net programs.
The shared ethnicity of so many perpetrators has prompted inflammatory comments from President Donald Trump and other leaders in Washington, but the statistics are also unsettling for members of the Somali-American community in Minnesota.
Dr. Ahmed Samatar, professor and Chair of International Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul,…
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