A former state fraud investigator told lawmakers a child care fraud unit was undermined before it was shut down, and he has “no doubt” that oversight could have prevented some of today’s fraud concerns now tied to the state-administered Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).
Jay Swanson, a former criminal investigator for CCAP under the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), testified Tuesday that the unit began with strong agency support in 2014, but began to lose it in 2017 before the unit ended in 2019.
“Support from upper management dropped off a cliff, and it seemed at that point, their only goal was to destroy the unit and drive our people out of there,” Swanson said.
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Rep. Pam Altendorf, R-Red Wing, asked Swanson during the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee…
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