Frauds and Swindling

• 3 Prosecutors Quit As DOJ Investigates Renee Good’s Widow - Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
• 3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow - Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
• 3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow - Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
• The ICE Shooting Came During an Operation Focused on Somali Immigrants - Federal immigration officials have stepped up enforcement activity in Minnesota amid a fraud scandal there that includes many people of Somali origin.
• Tim Walz Says He Ended Minnesota Governor Run to Shield Residents From Trump - “I don’t think any governor in history has had to fight a war against the federal government every single day,” Gov. Walz said after ending his re-election bid.
• Tim Walz’s 17 Months in Politics Before Ending His Re-election Bid - Mr. Walz drew national notice when Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate. A fraud scandal derailed his bid for re-election as Minnesota’s governor.
• Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
• Health Dept. Pauses Child Care Funding to Minnesota, Citing State’s Fraud Scandal - The pause affects a funding stream that provides $185 million in annual aid to the state’s day care centers, as federal investigations into fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs continue.
• Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries - More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct.
• What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Inferno - Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.