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Minnesota Department of Human Services employees accuse Gov. Tim Walz of covering up massive fraud"Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota."Since Tim Walz took office back in 2019 - the state has seen upwards of $6.5 billion in fraud - something employees at the Minnesota DHS say was covered up by Waz for years. "As staff, we firsthand witnessed and observed fraud happening yet we were shutdown, reassigned and told to keep quiet.""Leadership did not want to appear to discriminate against certain communities and were unwilling to take action, such as stopping fraud, that would have an adverse impact on their image." "To date, no single agency leader has been held responsible for their role in fraud whether it’s Shireen Gandhi, Jess Geil, Jodi Harpstead, Natasha Merz, Eric Grumdahl or others."Most of the fraud has been carried out by Somali migrants in Ilhan Omar's district - where an investigation found that 50% of the migrants committed immigration fraud and are in the country illegally. The employees go on to say say they repeatedly told Walz about the fraud, but were retaliated against.Whistleblowers were threatened, and Walz did everything in his power to discredit the fraud reports. They also say that DFL members and mainstream media outlets also retaliate against them, leaving them isolated with nowhere to turn. In addition to retaliation, Walz disempowered the Office of the Legislative Auditor, allowing agencies to toss out their audit findings and guidance. "Media and politicians supporting Tim Walz or the DFL-agenda attacked whistleblowers who were trying to raise red flags on fraudulent activities.""This is a cascade of systemic failures leading up to Tim Walz. Agency leaders appointed by Tim Walz willfully disregarded rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet - even to the extent of threatening families of whistleblowers.""These same leaders are not qualified for their jobs, instead getting leadership jobs via Tim Walz’s friendship so state governments were left floundering. DFL lawmakers refused to acknowledge fraud and deflected any serious conversation to stop fraud."#Democrats "Biased mainstream media such as WCCO and MPR showed absolutely no interest in covering fraud happening in our own state.""Programs, especially in behavioral health and disability services were built without any guardrails against fraud, all in an attempt to extract more funding from legislature and the federal government."The employees say that Tim Walz created a structure of inter-related agencies and institutions including the media that help foster fraud through retaliation and "turning a blind eye" in exchange for political gain in the form of high power agency leadership jobs or other perks."Tim Walz is dishonest, lacks ethics and integrity, has poor leadership abilities, and has never taken any accountability for his role in fraud.""Instead, Tim Walz deflects by blaming national politics for his own failings and distracts the public with inveterate lying.""These lies include his reference of a budget surplus under his tenure. Fact is, Minnesota never had a surplus, we had been given federal ARPA funds that were conflated as surplus money otherwise, we’d be in a deficit.""And those ARPA funds, which were meant to be temporary funds, were used to create more leadership positions for Tim Walz “buddies.”Schemes inclde: ♦️Feeding Our Future Scandal: A $250 million COVID-19 child nutrition fraud scheme ♦️Somali Diaspora Social Services Fraud: Over $1 billion stolen through fake companies billing for nonexistent services in food aid, disability, and behavioral health programs. The money was sent to Al-Shabaab terrorists. 100+ indictments, with recent federal probes.♦️Medicaid Fraud Schemes: Hundreds of millions defrauded via overbilling in autism therapy centers, behavioral health, and disability services. Medicaid losses estimated at $6.5 billion+.♦️Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program Fraud: $104 million in improper claims in 2024 alone ♦️Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) Daycare Fraud: $50–100 million stolen from 62 centers♦️SNAP (Food Stamps) and Unemployment Insurance Fraud: Tens of millions in improper payments during the pandemic, $453–610 million in total state fraud losses since 2019♦️Low-Income Tax Refund Fraud (Tutoring Companies): Millions stolen from mothers' refunds via fake tutoring programs using overseas instructors♦️Governor's Office Non-Compliance Issues: 12 audit findings in 2025 for mismanaged receipts, inaccurate timesheets, and late vendor payments, creating opportunities for fraud♦️These incidents total over $1.2 billion in confirmed or estimated losses, with ongoing investigations suggesting higher figures