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TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
You will get no argument from me that a culture of complete dependence on government largesse, a political sense of untouchability, and a feeling that “everyone else is doing it, I’m missing out if I don’t” has created a deeply corrupt set of people in high-level health care executives. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
I will concur with Walz that it’s likely above $1 billion. We will see where it stops. Even that figure is frankly obscene, but completely unsurprising as I’ve seen similar combinations of factors result in absurd amounts of ignored criminality. Even “only” $215 million across 77 conspirators is astonishing. It requires vast community-level complicity combined with willful ignorance at the bureaucratic level. It is extremely difficult to find 76 people willing to go in on a “defraud the government” scheme absent some very unique community factors. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
You also alleged that Walz was misquoted in agreeing that fraud could reach over one billion. For no reason other than than that “you couldn’t find it,” and it’s not like this is some uber lib or con rag. Anyway, here he is saying it: Clip starts at 30:35. Reporter: “Joe Thompson said that fraud could surpass one billion in Minnesota. Do you agree with that number?” Walz: “Yes.” You are correct that the Star-Tribune analysis counts formal charges in addition to guilty verdicts and pleas. (It is much easier to say that since I am not a lawyer.) So I will rework my statement: an analysis of all charges brought in RICO cases against mafia figures and the dollar amount involved would be interesting. I would never attempt to say that the figure represents something like a useful guide to mafia theft and corruption. It’s really silly to think so. And I don’t expect the Star-Tribune analysis of charges to get close to the real amount of fraud perpetrated on Minnesota DHS. So what we know is that Walz agreed that fraud could go over a billion. Now he disagrees with Thompson that it may be 9 billion. The real amount surely can’t be known. Maybe somewhere between 217 million and 9 billion we reach something that’s worth more concern than a misleading tweet. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
You completely misrepresented the funds being discussed and the blamed the tweet for it. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
This is a true and accurate accounting of the amount of fraud that’s been proven in court. The problem is that it’s not believable as even a close estimate of the actual scale, and that the time has come and gone to gather an accurate estimation. If I were describing this in an Eastern European country for a transparency NGO, I’d write: ”Corruption in the public health and welfare services in Svaty Pavel is endemic. Prosecuted cases have tallied at least $217 million over six years although there is little doubt that the accurate figure is many times that number. Due to political and social sensitivities, local officials failed to investigate credible claims for several years while national counter-corruption officials pursued only the most egregious and probable cases due to the tremendous resources required. The fraud has become a national scandal, with the populist leader seeking to exploit it for political gain. His opponents are scrambling to mount an effective response due to the gross incompetency and oversight demonstrated by the opposition party in providing oversight of state funds. A full accounting of misspent funds is likely impossible based on the scale and duration of the fraudulent activity.” The information useful. But no serious person can argue, for instance, that a successful prosecuted RICO cases represent close to a full accounting of economic losses due to mafia activity over the years. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
Here is Walz saying that he agrees with Thompson that there was likely in excess of one billion in fraud: https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/07/28/walz-says-he-stopped-payments-to-50-of-the-largest-housing-stabilization-providers/ When do we get to stop calling it “relatively small?” Ok, maybe it’s not nine billion but it’s more than one? I think it’s a problem for Walz that he can’t settle on a number. I have set doubt that fraud schemes is far beyond the scale Minnesota wanted to admit, and after a couple of programs were found to be overwhelmingly fake, I also don’t doubt that there are others out there. I don’t believe that the feds got all of it. I’ve been to plenty of communities where defrauding social programs is basically the only economic game in town. It’s not something that is beyond possibility and r the way Minnesota has handled its responsibilities is deeply embarrassing. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
Are you kidding me man? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_Our_Future They simply closed the Housing Stabilization program due to fraud. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
Your brain appears to have gone on vapor lock here. I posted the quotes. I posted what was said and the numbers. They are there to talk about. It’s not one indicated fraud case, it’s multiple. Even Walz has said earlier this summer he won’t be surprised if there is over a billion dollars in Feeding our Future fraud alone: It’s a red flag to you if looking at the claims there are more problems than legitimate providers across these 14 services? Why? All of Feeding our Future was fraudulent. Basically all of the Housing Stabilization program is fraudulent. Over half of the new autism centers opened up were fake. It’s already happened and been indicted. These are shocking numbers for a first-world, high-trust nation. Unbelievable, even. But that’s not what we are talking about now. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
I will fully agree that Weiss’ editors are shit. The first sentences should have been: ”Minnesota is auditing approximately $18 billion spent since 2018 across 14 Medicaid programs that were designated “high fraud risk. A U.S. prosecutor says that up to $9 billion may have been fraudulently spent.” -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
@Dahobbs you are 100 percent reading it wrong because you looked at the Tweet and not the article. It is not possible to continue until you back down and admit that. Clicking through. Which you are allowed to do. The claim by the attorney is that up to half of payments since 2018 across 14 services already deemed high-risk may be fraud. Maybe it’s bullshit, but that’s the claim. Minnesota’s annual Medicaid payout was a bit over 18 billion in 2024. So over six years, about a sixth of that was spent in programs that Walz determined high-fraud risk. And the allegation from the AAG is that maybe half of that was fraud. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
Well, for one you’re reading the article wrong. It alleges that 9 billion is part of 18 billion being examined since 2018. Minnesota spends about 19b per year. So the real percentage under question is less than 10 percent of total payouts. Second, the 18 billion over six years is in programs already deemed high-fraud risk, listed below. The state has seen over double the amount of payouts under some of these balloon since the pandemic. Lots of people not reading carefully and responding to a scenario they made up. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
Working with Ukraine will make you extremely sanguine about this stuff. First, if you lift up one corner of the rock and find the largest pandemic relief scam, you can be certain that lifting the rest will be a nightmare. That is not “small fraud,” it’s massive fraud and an indicator of deeper issues. If anyone wanted to enter a business deal with a Ukrainian group, I’d have to warn them that Ukraine is a high-fraud country and that a century of Soviet or Russian direct/indirect rule had created a culture of seriously different ethics and business norms. That corruption became so pervasive that most people who even tried to be honest would look the other way because of its centrality to how things work. I’d warn you to do extra fact-checking, extra diligence, and still be prepared to lose money along the way. If you were prepping a similar deal with Danes, I’d tell you to you could likely believe every word you heard and that you should prep to be more transparent and honest yourself. It’s a radically different culture and norm. That the concept of “a favor” doesn’t exist. I cannot afford to be stupid and naive when explaining differences in norms and risks when making judgments about how to work with different foreign groups. Somali culture is clannish and insular and shaped on ethical norms even more foreign than Ukrainian. The community is virtually all on state assistance. It is not at all surprising that there is high fraud there. A bit of extra scrutiny on these programs and payouts based on where they would go, up front, could save a lot of heartburn later. Stupidity and naïveté should not be confused with virtues. -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
No, there is not an overwhelming number of Somali doctors. The fraud is in that community because basically the entire community is on Medicaid. And this FactCheck flagged another hundred million or so. https://www.factcheck.org/2025/12/probing-trumps-verbal-attack-on-somalis/ -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
We’ve gone from “maybe a couple million” upthread to over $250 already. A few hundred million here, a few hundred million there— pretty soon maybe it isn’t small-time fraud? -
TIL there’s something called fraud tourism. Congrats, Minnesota.
956 Worldwide replied to Vato Macho's topic in Cloak Room
It seems like the admin is trying to use a real and known fraud issue to score political points. I will not be surprised if there is a lot more uncovered although as can been seen here, the way they peruse these announcements raises reasonable doubt as to scope and purpose. The Biden DOJ identified what it called “the largest pandemic fraud scheme uncovered to date” in Minn. $250 million for fake meals for kids. Also in 2024, the FBI came down on a interlinked autism center scam. There is massive fraud in this area. Both of these links and the initial investigations began before DJTII. https://www.valleynewslive.com/2024/12/14/2-minnesota-autism-centers-raided-by-fbi-part-wider-fraud-investigation/?outputType=amp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_Our_Future I believe at this point something like 68 of 70 defendants in these schemes were Somali. Amazing to deny that stuff like this can’t take off and become a major issue in a particular ethnic enclave. Waiting to hear that La Cosa Nostra never existed and was just anti-Italian prejudice all along. -
Three points at home, game called by an OC who has been by admission doing more work for another school. Masterful gambit Elko.
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Maybe Reed was left-handed the past five quarters? IDK something to look into.
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Compensation & WFH debate ($120K vs 240K)
956 Worldwide replied to Nice Guy Eddie's topic in Daily Texan
My experience is: - Average employees become below average at home - Good employees become average or a bit less good at home - Excellent employees maintain at home I also find that the oversight/management/mentorship part has frictions introduced as something that could have been resolved with a two minute office call or morning greeting turns into something we have to schedule a call for, then it turns out we need one more person who is also at home but needs to find a different time for a call, and then…. I have really yet to see someone get better by being at home with the exception of the flex option (I need to lock in and focus on this specific thing, I’ll be at home free from distractions for a while). I know mileage may vary based on industries, but that has been my experience. The general rule I find is that the action employees tend to believe that efficiencies are gained or at least not lost while operational and strategic workers see losses and inefficiencies. Would be good to see some organizational studies on how the balance shakes out overall. -
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Ok, clown show, maybe we don’t have to hear about a “Jake Paul” anymore. The thing is there’s no shame in what he’s done— he started late and worked hard and turned himself into someone who would be the best fighter in most gyms that aren’t home to legitimate pros. That is legitimately cool and I wish he’d use his platform to push people to watch great fighters and appreciate the sport instead of this shit.
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lol this seems like watching WWE at this point. Idiot referee and everything. No state should sanction Paul going forward.
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Extremely stupid. Very big Idiocracy vibes. I kinda hate myself for watching but want to see Paul hurt.
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I didn’t realize the money wasn’t what it seemed for Paul and that makes a lot of sense. I mentioned to a fellow hater at work today that I thought Paul might be looking for an explainable and relatively graceful exit from his boxing “career.” Get thumped by a real fighter. Prove you aren’t scared but also make it so no one is interested in watching you anymore. Fin.
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