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Minnesota Fraud Probe Intensifies as Treasury Traces Funds Abroad and Rhetoric Boils Over

Investigators are expanding scrutiny beyond Minnesota as they examine possible overseas transfers linked to the fraud.

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Activists confronted a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the largely Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Somali immigrants and in support of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), along KM4 street in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 5, 2025. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Overview

  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said investigators are tracking stolen money overseas, including to the Middle East and Somalia, after a weekend exchange with Rep. Ilhan Omar on CBS’s Face the Nation.
  • The House Oversight Committee has opened an inquiry, and prosecutors report 87 defendants charged across the related Minnesota cases with 61 convictions to date, including a guilty verdict for Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock.
  • President Trump escalated attacks on Rep. Omar during a Pennsylvania speech, repeating claims about her marital history, urging she be removed from the country, and criticizing Minnesota’s Somali community.
  • ICE has increased enforcement in the Twin Cities, with recent arrests of more than a dozen Somali nationals lacking legal status, as the administration ties the operations to the widening fraud scandal.
  • A whistleblower in Maine alleges similar Medicaid billing fraud at Gateway Community Services, claiming falsified records and manipulated electronic monitoring, with state payments to the provider totaling $28.8 million.