Overview
- Patel confirmed an influx of FBI personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to target large-scale schemes exploiting federal programs.
- The Feeding Our Future probe has uncovered sham vendors, shell companies and extensive money laundering, resulting to date in 78 indictments and 57 convictions.
- The director warned recent arrests represent only a fraction of what investigators expect to find as they continue to follow the money.
- Prosecutors charged a separate attempt to bribe a juror with $120,000 in cash, and resulting sentences include a 10-year term and nearly $48 million in restitution in related cases.
- Patel said many individuals are being referred to immigration officials for possible denaturalization or deportation where eligible, noting the resource surge began before the daycare video prompted political calls for accountability.