Recent polls show that for the first time in 60 years, Minnesota may elect a Republican as its attorney general.
Attorney Ron Schutz is facing off against current Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
For 39 years, Schutz was an attorney and partner in the national law firm Robins Kaplan. One of his top issues in the attorney general’s race is fighting fraud.
Ellison’s Medicaid unit has won 340 Medicaid fraud convictions in seven years. Just last week, Ellison won an $18.5 million settlement against a Minnesota firm, Partners in Nutrition, but Schutz says that is not enough and points to the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud.
Schutz challenges that there were any convictions
“With stays of adjudication, there is no conviction; there are 214 of those cases that they looked at where there was no conviction,” Schutz said.
A spokesperson for Ellison disputed Shultz’s claim there were…
Scammers capitalize on major disasters or heart-wrenching stories to solicit donations for non-existent charities. They often use names that are very similar to well-known, legitimate organizations to confuse donors.