Provider who pleaded guilty to defrauding Minnesota autism program billed for millions more than state approved

From 2018 to 2025, Smart Therapy Center submitted claims totaling $31.8 million across all Department of Human Services ...

'Epicenter of fraud': Minnesota's empty stomachs, fake autism therapy and a scandal that could top $2 billion

An in-depth look at the massive fraud crisis engulfing Minnesota's social service programs, including the Feeding Our Future ...
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Woman pleads guilty to Autism services, Feeding our Future frauds

The first defendant charged with defrauding Minnesota's publicly funded autism care program has pleaded guilty.
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Minnesota fraud: Feds say more than half of $18 billion spent on Medicaid programs could be fraudulent

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The U.S. Attorney's Office is set to hold a news conference about fraud against the government.

About half of Medicaid's $18B in claims paid to Minnesota programs may be fraudulent, official says

Federal prosecutors say about half of the roughly $18 billion in claims paid out by Medicaid to 14 Minnesota-run programs ...
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PolitiFact FL: How Trump’s talk about Tylenol, autism, vaccines affected a South Florida pediatrician

As part of its 'Year of the Lies' series, PolitiFact FL reports on a pediatrician who quit her long practice of seeing ...

Over $9 Billion Looted From Minnesota Medicaid Programs, Feds Say

Federal prosecutors alleged Thursday that Minnesota may have lost billions of dollars to fraud in its Medicaid program, the ...

Minnesota’s ‘Industrial-Scale’ Medicaid Fraud May Top $9 Billion—Prosecutor

Some $9 billion in Medicaid claims paid out in Minnesota could be fraudulent, according to a federal prosecutor involved with the probe. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said that possibly ...

About half of Medicaid’s $18 billion in claims paid to Minnesota programs may be fraudulent, official says

First Assistant U.S. Atty. Joe Thompson said the scale of fraud in Minnesota outpaces that of other states and puts services ...

Feds charge 6 more in schemes to defraud Minnesota's Medicaid programs

So far, a total of 13 people have been charged with defrauding the HSS program, which has been shut down by the Walz ...

Why Is Autism Exploding? Welfare Fraud Is One Reason

Minnesota’s example shows that lucrative behavioral therapy is a magnet for scam artists.

Half or more of $18 billion paid out by Medicaid in Minnesota may be fraudulent, US attorney says

A top prosecutor suggested on Thursday that the total amount of fraud in Minnesota could be $9 billion or more.