Why Tim Walz is worried about all the fraud schemes

If you didn't know that Tim Walz, the DFL governor of Minnesota, was worried about the various fraud schemes, you figured it out when he named Tim O'Malley as his fraud czar. In announcing O'Malley's hiring, Walz said that he just fixes things. Imagine how difficult it must've been to be a reporter trying their best not to laugh when Walz said that. Imagine trying not to laugh after Gov. Walz said that he just fixes these things and after he's appointed a fraud czar. That's just part of it.

According to this article, "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a review into how Minnesota used billions of dollars in federal social service funding, requesting detailed records from Gov. Tim Walz’s administration and other state entities after reports raised questions about whether portions of the money were misused, according to letters first obtained by the New York Post." If I was betting, I'd be betting that HHS is trying to determine whether the whistleblowers' accusations are true. That's just part of this scandal. Education Secretary Linda McMahon "sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz, admonishing the governor for the number of fraudulent so-called 'ghost students' in Minnesota applying to universities."

McMahon's letter referenced the issue of financial aid fraud, in which "ghost students" game the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process to steal federal student aid money. The Education Department has explained that these fraudsters can pose as students through the use of artificial intelligence bots, can organize through international crime rings, and often use the information of deceased individuals.

"In Minnesota, 1,834 ghost students were found to have received $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants and loans. They collected checks from the federal government, shared a small portion of the money with the college, and pocketed the rest — without attending the college at all," McMahon wrote in her letter to Walz.

This makes sense. We don't have a real governor. Why shouldn't our universities have fake students? Unfortunately, the payments to these fake students are real.

Check out this line of questioning:

A.J. Lagoe is one of the reporters uncovering Minnesota's fraud. He and Lou Reguse at KARE11 have done a nice job on the various scandals. Bill Glahn at Powerlineblog and the Center for the American Experiment has been the best at fraud detection.

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