Six of whom, according to the U.S. attorney's office, are members of Minnesota Somali community, Thompson made clear this is the first round of charges and for HSS fraud, that his office will be prosecuting. Most of these cases, unlike a lot of Medicare fraud and Medicaid fraud nationally aren't just over billing, Thompson said in a press conference announcing the indictments. These are often just purely fictitious companies solely created to defraud the system. And that's unique in the extent to which we have that here in Minnesota. Thompson said many of the firms enrolled in the program operated out of dilapidated storefronts or. (19:36–19:51)
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Asserts that many fraud cases in Minnesota involve fictitious companies created to defraud the system.
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