CHICAGO: “Somali fraud” in Minnesota has stolen at least $19 billion in state and federal funds, US President Donald Trump said during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
He announced that Vice President J.D. Vance will head the “war on fraud,” beginning with Minnesota.
Trump was expanding on an announcement he made several months ago creating a National Fraud Enforcement division in the Justice Department.
The new division will target allegations of “massive and complex fraud” involving misused federal funds in state programs in Minnesota and elsewhere, he said.
“But when it comes to the corruption that’s plundering America … there’s been no more stunning example than in Minnesota, where members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer,” he added.
