Minnesota fraud whistleblowers warned to stay silent: ‘You’ll lose your job’

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00:00Minnesota fraud whistleblowers warned to stay silent.

00:03You'll lose your job.

00:05Whistleblowers exposing fraud in Minnesota's state-run programs are facing serious threats,

00:10according to State Representative Marion Rarick.

00:13A number of social service programs, including child nutrition, autism services, and housing

00:18stabilization, were targeted by fraudsters, with one prosecutor describing the operations

00:23as industrial-scale fraud.

00:25The panel heard testimony from four witnesses, GOP state representatives Kristen Robbins,

00:32Walter Hudson, and Rarick, as well as Brendan Ballew, a former Justice Department prosecutor,

00:37testifying on behalf of the Democrats.

00:40For years, Republicans claimed that Minnesota fell behind in addressing what federal prosecutors

00:44labeled the largest pandemic fraud in the United States.

00:48In December, Republicans on the Oversight Committee opened an inquiry into how Walls

00:53handled the fraud cases.

00:54At the hearing, Rarick testified that whistleblowers face a constant fear of retaliation that has

01:01only intensified under an avalanche of fraud in Minnesota.

01:05In his opening statement, Representative Robert Garcia, the panel's top Democrat, recognized

01:10the risks of fraud but cautioned,

01:13What we should not do is use fraud as an excuse to rip away aid from innocent people who follow

01:17the rules and need help in our society.

01:19We should not do it.

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