We are going to spend a lot of discussion time in the coming posts to review the massive amount of criminal fraud that has infected government programs for many, many years. The outstanding investigations recently done, and still being done, by independent journalist, Nick Shirley,has started a cascading identification of the numerous fraud instances at all levels of government across the country.
It is unbelievable how many billions of dollars have been wasted and are currently being wasted and siphoned off by all types of criminal activities. And while it is amazing how much taxpayer wealth has been wasted and lost, possibly even more amazing is the reality that through the decades the political class and the government entities they overlook were unable or unwilling to stop the fraud.
1)Let’s start where Nick Shirley’s investigations of fraud first hit the fan, up in Minnesota:
Feeding Our Future was a fraud infested charity up in Minnesota that was supposed to feed kids during the covid pandemic.
The executive director of the charity, Aimee Bock, was recently sentenced to over 40 years in prison for overseeing the stealing of almost $250 million of government money that was supposed to feed kids.
The Department of Justice named Bock as the “mastermind” of the fraud operation after she was convicted.
She allegedly was said to have created dozens of fake shell companies to enroll in her food program that were then used to launder taxpayer money.
According to the U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick: “The defendants falsely claimed to have served 91 million meals, for which they fraudulently received nearly $250 million in federal funds. That money did not go to feed kids. Instead, it was used to fund their lavish lifestyles. Today’s verdict sends a message to the community that fraud against the government will not be tolerated.”
In addition to the prison sentence, Bock was ordered to pay back $243 million.
In addition to Bock, a whopping 60 people have already pleaded guilty or have been convicted for their parts in the fraud and 80 people have already been charged in connection with the criminal operation.
Horrible lack of humanity, they were supposed to be feeding kids and ended up stealing almost a quarter billion dollars. And this might just be the beginning of the fraud that might still be coming in Minnesota. The DOJ has recently announced that they have issued 15 new indictments relative to a potential scam in Minnesota that may have stolen another $90 million via the Medicaid program.
$340 million in just two instances in one state. Unreal.
2)The Trump administration via the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to launch an AI effort to review the annual audits of government program across the country:
If problems are found within the audits review then the Trump administration may withhold billions of dollars in Federal government funding from any states that fail to stop the corruption and theft.
The AI audits will cover not only Federal government programs but also universities and grant recipients that get more than $1 million in Federal dollars.
Given that HHS pays out $2 TRILLION, the potential for fraud is sky high.
Gustav Chiarello of the HHS Department stated that there could be upwards of $100 billion to $200 billion in wasteful or fraud spending every year.
Since there are 161 million Federal income tax filers every year, if the fraud is $200 billion that comes out to a cost of over $1,200 a year per taxpayer, $1,200 that could be spent for the benefit of their families and themselves, not an insignificant amount.
This effort is all legal since it is allowed under the 1984 Single Audit Act.
Chiarello pointed out that Minnesota failed the 2024 audit which found that Minnesota authorities failed to meet Federal reporting requirements on where Federal money was being spent which probably explains why the Feeding our Future and who knows what other fraud was going on unattended by government oversight.
The good news is that the Federal government is FINALLY getting its act together to protect taxpayer wealth. The bad news is who knows how many billions/trillions of taxpayer dollars have been stolen over the years which numerous Presidential administrations did nothing to stop.
3)Vice President JD Vance was named by Trump as the overseer of the Federal government's attempt to clean up fraud in government programs. He recently traveled to Maine in support of that assignment:
His quote at a rally supporting the cleaning out of fraud and corruption:“But here’s the thing, my friends, because you all work hard, because you all pay your taxes, because you do things the right way, it is time to have leadership in Washington that treats you the right way and protects those hard earned tax dollars.”
Keith Soncerling, the Acting Labor Secretary, was with Vance and had this to say: “Since the Task Force began, we’ve already uncovered widespread fraud and are aggressively preventing it from ever happening again. So here’s some examples. We found that nearly 29 billion went to the same social security numbers across multiple states. Oh, hold on, I got better ones. 139 million got sent to dead people.”
The Daily Caller reported that the anti-fraud task force has identified almost $6.3 billion in government contracts being sent to possibly sham companies.
Almost 400 letters have ben sent to these possibly fraud companies to investigate if they are legitimate receivers of taxpayer dollars.
4)But the Trump administration is not just going after Medicaid and Medicare fraudsters:
The administration via the Department of Education has blocked about $600 million in corrupt student loan applications in the past month according to Daily Caller reporting.
This blockage of fraud happened just since April 26th when the Department of Education launched a new risk assessment tool on April 26th.
The tool identified 300,000 fraudulent student loan applications worth about $60 million.
The Department is also demanding colleges across the country also screen applications for fraud.
It appears that fraud is everywhere. It is like going on an easter egg hunt where the eggs are not hidden, they just lay about in plain sight. And it is only now where those eggs of fraud are being picked up, prosecuted, and prevented.
Okay, our first fraud discussion: A Federal government taskforce under the Vice president is already making progress, the first in what is hopefully many prosecutions of fraud has given one Minnesota fraudster 40 years in prison, and fraud is everywhere, from the Department of Education to the Social Security Administration To Medicaid and beyond.
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