Homeland Security says a fraud investigation is underway in Minneapolis

Photo: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem – Dec. 11, 2025. Photo credit: DHS photo by Mikaela McGee via Flickr. US government work. Article via AP news wire. AP News – updated December 29, 2025.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal Homeland Security officials were conducting a fraud investigation on Monday in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The action comes after years of investigation that began with the $300 million scheme at the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, for which 57 defendants in Minnesota have been convicted. Prosecutors said the organization was at the center of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud scam, when defendants exploited a state-run, federally funded program intended to provide food for children. […]

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