DOJ sends prosecutors to Minnesota amid widening fraud investigation

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The Justice Department is dispatching additional federal prosecutors to Minnesota as it ramps up an expansive investigation into alleged fraud tied to nonprofit, child care, and Medicaid programs in the state, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday.

“The Department of Justice is dispatching a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to reinforce our U.S. Attorney’s Office and put the perpetrators of this widespread fraud behind bars,” Bondi said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “We will deliver severe consequences in Minnesota and stand ready to deploy to any other state where similar fraud schemes are robbing American taxpayers.”

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