BREAKING: Health and Human Services Department Freezes All Childcare Payments to Minnesota as it Investigates Allegations of Widespread Fraud

The Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday announced it is freezing all childcare payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud.

Somali healthcare and daycare scammers may have stolen more than $9 billion in taxpayer money in Minnesota.

“We have turned off the money spigot,” HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill said.

The HHS took three actions against the rampant fraud in Minnesota: All payments across the country will require justification and photo evidence before money is sent to a state.