First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said Thursday the total could reach $9 billion or more. He spoke during a news conference in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Thompson pointed to 14 Medicaid services flagged as \u201chigh risk.\u201d He said those programs totaled about $18 billion in claims since 2018. He said \u201chalf or more\u201d may be fraudulent.<\/p>\n
What prosecutors say is happening<\/h2>\n
Thompson said some providers billed for services that never happened. He said some companies provided \u201czero services.\u201d He said money went to travel and luxury purchases.<\/p>\n
He also warned that the fraud threatens people who need help. He cited housing support after addiction treatment. He also cited services for children with autism.<\/p>\n Federal officials announced new defendants tied to a housing services scheme. Thompson said some suspects treated Minnesota as \u201ceasy money.\u201d He described it as \u201cfraud tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n Investigators also tied parts of the Medicaid probe to the earlier Feeding Our Future case. Prosecutors said that the case involved about $300 million in alleged fraud.<\/p>\n Minnesota DHS Inspector General James Clark called the estimate \u201cshocking.\u201d He urged federal officials to share evidence quickly. He said the state can stop payments when fraud is found.<\/p>\n More information:<\/strong> Read updates from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Minnesota<\/a> and the Minnesota Department of Human Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Minnesota (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Federal investigators say suspected fraud in Minnesota Medicaid services could be massive. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said Thursday the total could reach $9 billion or more. He spoke during a news conference in Minneapolis. Thompson pointed to 14 Medicaid services flagged as \u201chigh risk.\u201d He said those programs totaled… Continue reading Minnesota Medicaid Fraud May Top $9B, Feds Say<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[4917,4934,4922,772,4920,4933,4923,1838,4921,4919,4932,4935,4924,818,4916,3466,156,4918],"class_list":["post-4193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-9-billion-fraud","tag-9b","tag-autism-program-fraud","tag-crime","tag-dhs-inspector-general-james-clark","tag-feds","tag-feeding-our-future","tag-fraud","tag-housing-stabilization-services","tag-joseph-thompson","tag-may","tag-medicaid","tag-medicaid-billing-scam","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-medicaid-fraud","tag-say","tag-top","tag-u-s-attorney-minnesota","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4195,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4193\/revisions\/4195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Minnesota](\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Minnesota-Medicaid-Fraud-May-Top-9B-Feds-Say-300x200.png\")
New charges and programs under review<\/h2>\n
State response<\/h2>\n