By the way, it was projected to be 2.6 million in the following year. Annual costs shot up to 42 million, then 74 million, then 104 million. On August 1, Minnesota's Department of Human Services moved to scrap the HHS program, noting that payment to 77 housing stabilization providers had terminated this year due to credible allegations of fraud. Joe Thompson, then the Acting U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota, went even further, saying, the vast majority. Let me repeat that the vast majority of the HHS program was fraudulent. (04:13–04:27)
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