$872 Million Stolen

Total Stolen

Stolen from programs meant to feed children, house the vulnerable, and help kids with autism.

Your Household's Share

Income: $75,000

This fraud cost your household

$84.79

Where the Money Went

How It Should Work

How It Actually Worked

The Fraud Network

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Key Individuals

Who Should Have Stopped It

A Timeline of Failure

What $872 Million Could Have Funded

Where We Stand Now

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This is how much was stolen from programs meant to feed children, house the vulnerable, and help kids with autism. Minnesota's largest fraud crisis in history.

Your Share

Adjust the slider to see how much this fraud cost your household. For the average Minnesota family, that's $84.79 — for all Americans, $4.45 per household.

Three Programs, Billions Lost

Feeding Our Future ($250M), Housing Programs ($302M), and Autism Services ($220M). Hover on each card to learn more about what was stolen.

The Intended Flow

Federal funds flow from Washington to state agencies to approved providers, and finally reach the children and families who need help. Watch the money flow as it should.

The Actual Flow

But here's what really happened. Red streams show money diverted to fraudulent claims, kickbacks, overseas transfers, and luxury purchases. Only 13% reached children.

The Network

Click on any node to explore the web of actors — from federal officials to state agencies to the perpetrators themselves. Every connection tells part of the story.

Broken Oversight

Red dashed lines show where oversight failed. From cabinet secretaries to field inspectors, the chain of accountability broke down at every level.

Seven Years of Failure

From the first warnings in 2018 through the COVID explosion in 2020 to FBI raids in 2022 and ongoing convictions. Hover over each date to see the details.

What Could Have Been

175 million school lunches. 11,029 teacher salaries. 52,100 people housed. These are the real costs of what was lost — the people who weren't served.

Accountability

57+ convicted. 78+ charged. 14 programs under investigation. But only $60-70 million recovered so far — less than 10% of what was stolen. The gap remains.

In The News

The investigation continues. Click any story to read the full article from the original source. These are the latest updates from verified news outlets.

Dig Deeper

Want to learn more? Explore official documents, investigative reports, and analysis from journalists who have been covering this story since it broke.