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There is a massive NGO scandal in Minnesota involving taxpayer fraud and racism allegations.
From The New York Times:
“Federal prosecutors say that 59 people have been convicted in those schemes so far, and that more than $1 billion in taxpayers’ money has been stolen in three plots they are investigating. That is more than Minnesota spends annually to run its Department of Corrections... Debate over the fraud has opened new rifts between the state’s Somali community and other Minnesotans, and has left some Somali Americans saying they are unfairly facing a new layer of suspicion against all of them.”
When this fraud began being addressed, the Somali-led NGO sent threats to the state about racism. From the article:
“Feeding Our Future, the nonprofit group that was the largest provider in the pandemic program, responded with a warning. In an email, the group told the state agency that failing to promptly approve new applicants from ‘minority-owned businesses’ would result in a lawsuit featuring accusations of racism that would be ‘sprawled across the news.’”
Kayseh Magan is a Somali American who previously worked as a fraud investigator for the Minnesota AG’s office, an they said, “‘There is a perception that forcefully tackling this issue might cause political backlash among the Somali community, which is a core voting bloc’ for Democrats.” Huh.
Remember when we covered that 10% of jobs in Colorado are NGO sector?
In an article from April 2024 International Rescue Mission entitled, “Nonprofits matter - Colorado Nonprofit Sector Supports $62 Billion in Economic Activity,” the nonprofit analyzes Polis’ “Colorado Nonprofit Economic Impact Report,” and how “the nonprofit sector directly employs 182,000 people, supporting an additional 54,000 jobs through business-to-business activity and 26,000 jobs via household spending.” ... “In total, this accounts for 10% of all jobs in Colorado.”
I know this story is about Minnesota, but is this another blue state playbook thing?
Maybe.
Is it okay to defraud taxpayers if you’re doing it for political reasons?
I would have thought the answer was “no,” but based on the number of arrests for politically-motivated fraud — Somali, migrant gang, or otherwise — the answer appears to be an enthusiastic “yes.”
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