The human cost of the Minnesota fraud scandal

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Minnesota has emerged as the center of one of the largest public benefits fraud scandals in modern American history, a distinction that has drawn intense scrutiny from Congress and federal investigators while raising unsettling questions about what happens to the most vulnerable when oversight fails. As billions of taxpayer dollars were siphoned out of programs meant to provide food, medical care, housing assistance, and support for people with disabilities, state officials ignored repeated warnings, whistleblowers were sidelined, and the people these