MN fraud

MN has been in the news recently regarding allegations of fraud stemming from the MN Department of Human Services. These charges were first reported in 2017. Scott Stillman was a digital forensics supervisor with the MN Department of Human Services from 2007 t0 2017. He testified before the MN Senate and House in 2017 and 2018 about his findings. He stated that MN programs are being victimized by organized crime because of lack of controls and he requested a federal investigation. He personally went to various childcare facilities and reported no children were there. He said some of the money was traced back to local politicians and when he suggested prosecution things were tied up in paper work. Recently federal prosecutors have uncovered billions in miss payments to various groups many run by Somali. These include not only childcare facilities but Food Service programs, Autism treatments and Hospice. Some have been convicted but many others remain untouched. Here is a typical example of how these convicted criminals are adjudicated. On March 30, 2026, Abdul Abubakar Ali was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. He admitted to using a shell company, Youth Inventors Lab, to fraudulently claim over $3 million for roughly 1.3 million meals that were never served.