Minnesota off-loads fraud cases onto federal investigators due to overwhelming backlog

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Minnesota is handing healthcare fraud cases off to federal investigators amid a surge in criminal referrals overwhelming state oversight officials.

The heads of various Minnesota agencies tasked with tackling fraud are turning to the federal government to take the reins on a wave of new fraud reports piling up in the state’s social services programs.

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