2020s Minnesota fraud scandals

Summary

A series of fraud scandals and allegations concerning federal funds to Minnesota state-administered social services programs occurred during the 2020s. The largest and earliest case is the Feeding Our Future case, in which charges were first brought in 2022. Feeding Our Future was a nonprofit that claimed to provide meals to schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic. By May 2026, out of 79 suspects indicted in the case, 65 had been convicted, including nearly 60 via plea deals. Seven had been convicted at trial, while many others awaited trial. Estimates of the total Feeding Our Future losses range from $250 million to $350 million.