Senator Michael Holmstrom (R–Buffalo) today called on U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen to expand federal fraud oversight amid ongoing, widespread fraud in Minnesota and the potential links between fraud schemes and extremist organizations.

“The overwhelming frequency and magnitude of fraud in Minnesota requires federal action,” said Sen. Holmstrom. “Reports that remittances tied to fraud schemes ended up in the hands of overseas extremist organizations that detest our country and our way of life isn’t just a Minnesota problem, it’s a national security concern. The recent, unprecedented reversal of a jury’s guilty verdict in a major fraud case, paired with the size of the scandals continuing to unravel, confirms that the Governor’s administration doesn’t have the means or the will to investigate and consistently prosecute these matters.”

Last week, Hennepin County Judge Sarah West threw out a jury’s guilty verdict in a $7.2 million home healthcare fraud case. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed an appeal of Judge West’s decision.

Minnesota has faced a wave of fraud cases in recent years totaling more than $1 billion across the Feeding Our Future scheme, Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program and autism services.