House to Probe Massive Minnesota Pandemic Fraud

A U.S. congressional committee will investigate how fraudsters stole millions in pandemic aid from Minnesota. The House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on Wednesday. The session will focus on several major fraud schemes that exploited federal COVID-19 relief funds in the state. Republican committee members called the hearing. They have invited state lawmakers from Minnesota to testify. These officials previously warned about the potential for large-scale fraud. The hearing aims to examine how the fraud happened and how to prevent it in the future.