‘Culture of Fraud’: 15 People Indicted in Minnesota Health Care Scandal
Joseph Buff
• May 21, 2026
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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks about Minnesota fraud indictments
Kash Patel on May 12, 2026. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A grand jury indicted 15 people Thursday for an alleged health care scheme that illustrates a “culture of fraud” in Minnesota, the FBI and the Justice Department announced.
“It is a crisis in Minnesota,” claimed Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for fraud enforcement, in a DOJ press conference. “A culture of fraud has taken root.”
FBI Director Kash Patel posted to X that the FBI and the Justice Department’s investigation revealed the defendants allegedly fraudulently obtained over $90 million from taxpayers, thereby preventing those funds from going toward legitimate Medicaid recipients.
“These charges involve the two LARGEST Medicaid fraud cases ever charged in this district and first-of-their-kind charges involving 7 additional Medicaid programs,” according to Patel.
Among these programs, Patel cited examples such as the “Housing Stabilization Services, Child Care, Medicaid programs, Individualized Home Supports (IHS) and more.”
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