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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> fraud Bureau formerly Commerce fraud fraud Bureau formerly Commerce fraud Bureau<00:03:47.319><c
- , insurance fraud, banking fraud is now what the BCA does.
- Oh yeah, we got to combat fraud. Let's go combat fraud.
- Oh yeah, we got to combat fraud. Let's go combat fraud.
- fraud state fraud or um private sector fraud has<01:22:16.960><c> been</c><01:22:17.120><c> going</c
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Suspend rules to take up HF3819 4/30/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> And you know fraud is real bad. And you know fraud is real bad.
- </c><00:15:32.800><c> And</c> on fraud. And on fraud.
- </c> fraud. It all became overpayment fraud. fraud. It all became overpayment fraud.
- prevent fraud.
- Fraud<01:01:01.720><c> tourism</c> Fraud tourism Fraud tourism in<01:01:03.520><c> the</c><01:01:03.600
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to create an independent Office of the Inspector General to tackle fraud May 8th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> committing fraud. committing fraud.
- Fraud, more fraud, more fraud over here.
- Fraud, more fraud, and again and again?
- fraud?" fraud?"
- , which again morphed into more fraud and more fraud and more fraud.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Requiring MMB to include fraud impacts in budget forecasts 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> saying, "Oh, no, there's no fraud." saying, "Oh, no, there's no fraud."
- </c> Nash. aspect of fraud is looked at. Nash. aspect of fraud is looked at.
- </c><00:15:34.800><c> So,</c> potential fraud. So, potential fraud.
- </c> that politicize fraud are voted for. that politicize fraud are voted for.
- </c> comes to fraud? comes to fraud?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Press Conference 2/25/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Every single dollar of fraud is unacceptable, and that's because every single dollar of fraud is, number
- And that was rife with fraud.
- That program does not have fraud because lunch ladies don't commit fraud, right?
- </c> lunch ladies don't commit fraud, right? lunch ladies don't commit fraud, right?
- </c> authority rests on fraud at the BCA. authority rests on fraud at the BCA.
Summary:
House DFL leaders held a press availability outlining a broad anti-fraud agenda focused on state programs, especially Medicaid-related services, but also unemployment and tax fraud. They said the package is intended to strengthen accountability, improve oversight, and prevent fraud before it occurs, while arguing that fraud harms vulnerable Minnesotans such as children with autism, people with disabilities, seniors, and homeless people. They also tied the problem to long-term privatization of public services, arguing that outsourcing creates more layers and opportunities for fraud, and cited examples like county case management and managed care arrangements.
Specific proposals discussed included strengthening the attorney general’s Medicaid fraud control unit, creating or expanding inspector general functions, requiring more in-person site visits, using electronic visit verification, improving background checks and fingerprinting, and upgrading outdated IT systems. Members said some bills would be relatively low-cost while others would require funding, and that bills without fiscal notes might move separately while others could be folded into budget discussions. They also said the House DFL had already taken steps in prior sessions, including creating a fraud unit at the BCA and adding DHS staff for site visits.
The discussion also covered the Office of Inspector General bill, with DFL members saying they support placing the office in the executive branch and that the governor should make the final appointment for constitutional reasons. They said Republicans had blocked amendments they viewed as adding fraud-prevention authority to the OIG bill, and that the governor’s staff had not been involved in working groups. On a separate bill involving disclosure requirements, they said the committee version was improved but still flawed because it could interfere with investigations; they said it would next go to the Children and Families Committee. No votes were taken in the exchange, and members said they were still early in session and hoped for more constructive negotiations later.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- fraud and misuse, and that has been a bipartisan effort, working with Chair Pinto, my lead on the fraud
- fraud and misuse, and that has been a bipartisan effort, working with Chair Pinto, my lead on the fraud
- fraud and misuse, and that has been a bipartisan effort, working with Chair Pinto, my lead on the fraud
- Fraud and Abuse and I want to be clear Fraud and Abuse and I want to be clear on<00:05:09.680><c> this
- </c> um so they can report to us about fraud um so they can report to us about fraud um<00:09:24.720>
Summary:
State Representative Jim Nash and Representative Kristin Robbins discussed a package of fraud-prevention bills, centered on House File 3 and a separate whistleblower-protection measure. HF 3 would require annual reports based on Office of the Auditor (OA/OLA) findings to be sent to ranking members of relevant committees, with the goal of giving appropriators more information about internal controls and follow-up on audit recommendations. Nash said the bill is intended to help reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, cited the Feeding Our Future case as an example of weak controls, and noted that the OA helped draft the proposal and supports it. He also said the bill’s language is modeled in part on Colorado and on earlier recommendations for more information to be shared with decision-makers.
Robbins said her bill would expand whistleblower protections for state employees, including unclassified employees, and add new protected reporting channels and definitions. She said employees are often afraid to come forward because of job and career concerns, and that the bill would better protect reports made to legislators, the OA, governmental bodies, and law enforcement. She and Nash said they were working with DFL members and committee chairs on bipartisan amendments to define “fraud” and “misuse,” and to align the language with the Inspector General bill and prior law.
In questions, Robbins explained that current law protects only certain employees and that her bill would broaden coverage and make it easier for employees to report concerns without fear. She said the OA supports the effort and that the added reporting pathways would help with follow-up on agency recommendations. Nash and Robbins both emphasized that the measures are part of a broader fraud-fighting package and expressed hope for bipartisan support, though Nash criticized DFL leadership for not backing the bills more openly. No votes or final actions were taken in the exchange shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-05-05
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We can't do recipient fraud, for example, fraud in obtaining benefits.
- Our state Medicaid fraud unit has a smaller staff size than other Medicaid fraud units with similar Medicaid
- I'm wondering if in the Medicaid fraud space, if you have actually seen fraud when it comes to the kinds
- That's where the fraud is.
- So an agency like DHS could flag an instance of fraud or alleged fraud and say, "I recommend that this
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-09-17
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- fraud, and DHS hates fraud.
- This means that fraud is becoming a business model.
- As for Housing Stabilization Services fraud schemes, I have not seen any unified HSS fraud scheme.
- The recent revelations of large-scale Medicaid fraud are deeply troubling. Medicaid fraud is theft.
- Fraud in one program, most likely we have enough information to determine credible allegations of fraud
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of the costliest fraud categories in that report were investment fraud, business email compromise
- It tells where you can report fraud if you have been a victim of online fraud with the FBI.
- Fraud is ever evolving and hard to detect, especially when it comes to mortgage and real estate fraud
- This volume of fraud continues to increase, and you heard several instances of different types of fraud
- have—that fraud could actually happen to them.
Summary:
A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members and witnesses describing scams targeting seniors, small businesses, and working families. The committee first approved the November 3, 2025 minutes, then heard from the Arkansas Bankers Association, the American Bankers Association, banks, the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, the Arkansas Mortgage Bankers Association, the State Bank and Securities Department, the Insurance Department, and AARP. Witnesses described common schemes including spoofed bank calls and texts, government imposter scams, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, fake job postings, gift card scams, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, identity theft, and insurance fraud. Several witnesses emphasized that cryptocurrency kiosks and crypto transfers make recovery difficult or impossible, and that artificial intelligence is making scams more convincing and scalable.
Witnesses repeatedly stressed education, verification, and coordination among banks, law enforcement, regulators, and consumers. Bank and mortgage representatives urged consumers to slow down, independently verify wire instructions, avoid clicking unexpected links, use tap-to-pay rather than chip or swipe when possible, and never share account credentials or one-time codes. The Attorney General’s office said it investigates consumer complaints, mediates disputes, works with social media platforms to remove scam ads, and recently created a Financial Fraud Task Force with bankers and other stakeholders. The State Bank and Securities Commissioner highlighted the Safe AR Act, the state’s crypto kiosk framework, and fraud education efforts such as “fraud bingo,” while the Insurance Department described its law-enforcement role and a range of insurance-related fraud schemes it prosecutes. AARP said fraud is widespread and underreported, especially among older adults.
Members asked about reporting scams, how losses are handled, whether tap is safer than chip, how crypto fraud works, whether Arkansas has model legislation to address telecom and social media impersonation, and how local law enforcement and state agencies coordinate investigations. Witnesses said banks generally absorb much of the financial loss under federal rules, while consumers bear the inconvenience and account changes. Several witnesses said Arkansas should consider additional legislation to hold telecom companies and social media platforms accountable for spoofed caller IDs and impersonation ads, and one witness said a federal Scam Act is moving in Congress. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes, but witnesses agreed to share consumer education materials and model legislation with committee staff.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance Jul 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- for fraud.
- Fraud.
- That wasn't fraud, or it was waste. That wasn't fraud.
- The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit focuses on provider fraud only. We do not do recipient fraud.
- Child care fraud can be split into two different types. There's provider fraud and parent fraud.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee met to hear interim charges on higher education transparency and on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in state government. The chair emphasized accountability for taxpayer dollars and asked witnesses to address financial reporting, audit practices, and whether more frequent or comprehensive audits would improve oversight. Legislative Budget Board staff described how public university systems and most community colleges respond to requests about internal audit practices, noting that university systems generally follow a similar annual audit timeline and that community colleges use a more varied mix of internal and external audit arrangements. Members focused on gaps in reporting, especially Texas Southern University’s missing submissions for several years and Collin County Community College’s nonresponse to the LBB survey.
The State Auditor’s Office then outlined its higher education audit work, including mandatory statewide single audits, DEI compliance audits, HUB and State Use Program audits, benefits proportional audits, and discretionary audits based on risk. The auditor said the office has released 43 higher-ed audit reports since fiscal year 2021 and has two audits in progress, and explained that internal audit reports from institutions help guide future audit selection. Senators pressed the office on the lack of enforcement authority, the value of internal auditors at each institution, and whether community colleges should have more standardized reporting and audit requirements. The auditor and general counsel said the SAO can refer suspected fraud to law enforcement but cannot itself enforce findings, while several senators suggested stronger clawback authority and more robust internal audit structures.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board explained that it collects annual financial reports, sources-and-uses data, and community college finance reports, and uses them for funding formulas and other reporting. It also trains governing board members and said it has limited regulatory authority, though community colleges must certify compliance annually and can lose eligibility for state funds if they do not. Members questioned the reliability of self-attested data, the adequacy of board training, and whether a single reporting structure would be more efficient. During public testimony, a ScholarShot representative argued for clearer, student-facing financial transparency so students can see total cost of attendance and the gap they must cover before enrolling.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of the costliest fraud categories in that report were investment fraud, business email compromise
- It tells where you can report fraud if you have been a victim of online fraud with the FBI.
- Fraud is ever evolving and hard to detect, especially when it comes to mortgage and real estate fraud
- fraud expressed here today.
- types of fraud expressed here today.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
- </c> efforts to combat fraud. efforts to combat fraud.
- fraud, than tax fraud, of<01:08:16.520><c> course.
- In fraud, and that is mainly fraud.
- </c> of potential fraud of potential fraud of<01:18:33.719><c> potential</c><01:18:34.240><c> fraud</
Bills:
HF1338
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of the costliest fraud categories in that report were investment fraud, business email compromise
- It tells where you can report fraud if you have been a victim of online fraud with the FBI.
- Fraud is ever evolving and hard to detect, especially when it comes to mortgage and real estate fraud
- "Fraud is ever evolving and hard to detect, especially when it comes to mortgage and real estate fraud
- it's just not insurance fraud.
Summary:
A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses.
Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively.
Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House state government committee hears Gov. Walz's anti-fraud package 3/20/25
Transcript Highlights:
- crimes and fraud.
- </c> is a credible allegation of fraud is a credible allegation of fraud prevent<00:04:13.799><c> Bad
- What this new section will do is focus on insurance fraud, wage theft, and fraud in state government
- frequently, you know, fraud, fraud, fraud, bringing us up a lot.
- frequently, you know, fraud, fraud, fraud, bringing us up a lot.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Human Services panel approves bill expanding MN AG's Medicaid fraud unit, HF2354 3/20/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We also can't investigate or prosecute fraud and obtaining benefits, also known as welfare fraud or fraud
- </c><00:01:13.000><c> and</c> most convictions for provider fraud and most convictions for provider fraud
- Medical Aid or excuse me Medicaid fraud Medical Aid or excuse me Medicaid fraud<00:01:33.960><c> control
- </c> after all it takes people to fight fraud after all it takes people to fight fraud so<00:01:42.759
- 04:44.160><c> fraud</c><00:04:44.440><c> in</c> also known as welfare fraud or fraud in also known as
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Republican Caucus Members Present Bill Package Addressing Waste, Fraud and Abuse - 02/12/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> we are at as a state in terms of fraud we are at as a state in terms of fraud what<00:02:38.920>
- or referral for prosecution of fraud or referral for prosecution of fraud<00:14:10.320><c> we</c><00
- </c> you've seen no actions on on this fraud you've seen no actions on on this fraud and<00:15:42.720
- </c> transparent and as it relates to fraud transparent and as it relates to fraud the<00:20:39.919><
- fraud.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 9/17/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , you hate fraud, and DHS hates fraud.
- </c> fraud, and DHS hates fraud. fraud, and DHS hates fraud.
- That means that fraud committing fraud.
- Anti-fraud trainings. I all providers. Anti-fraud trainings.
- In the past several weeks, fraud allegations of fraud, right, to stop allegations of fraud, right, to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 2/24/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- credible allegation of fraud?
- credible allegation of fraud?
- We're talking about fraud.
- <00:18:05.600><c> thank</c> fraud thank fraud thank you<00:18:07.679><c> all</c><00:18:07.840><c> right
- </c><00:26:57.159><c> and</c> prevents and investigates fraud and prevents and investigates fraud and
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate Republican Media Availability 12/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> huge fraud problem in the first place. huge fraud problem in the first place.
- That's what I support is getting to the bottom of the fraud, holding those causing fraud and doing fraud
- </c><00:13:27.360><c> and</c> fraud, holding those causing fraud and fraud, holding those causing fraud
- </c> conducting its fraud investigations? conducting its fraud investigations?
- </c> that's and that's really stopping fraud. that's and that's really stopping fraud.
Summary:
Republican legislative leaders in Minnesota held a budget-focused press availability after the November forecast, thanking Minnesota Management and Budget staff while arguing the updated numbers show a much worse deficit outlook than expected. They said the state faces a structural spending problem, cited projected gaps in the 2028-29 biennium and over the four-year outlook, and blamed recent deficits on higher spending, tax increases, mandates, and what they described as fraud in state programs. They also criticized Governor Walz for focusing on federal issues and for not doing enough to control spending or address fraud.
Speaker Lisa Demuth, House Republican Leader Harry Niska, and Senate Finance lead Eric Pratt all said the forecast underscores the need for spending restraint, pro-growth policies, and stronger fraud prevention. They pointed to health care, long-term care, Medicaid-related programs, and local government mandates as major cost drivers, and said the legislature should examine those areas in the upcoming session. Demuth said the state should not ignore fraud and noted that the legislature had added staff to the Office of the Legislative Auditor and whistleblower protections, but had not passed an independent inspector general office.
A substantial portion of the exchange centered on fraud investigations and comments by President Trump about Somali Minnesotans. The Republican leaders said they disagreed with condemning any community as a whole, but also said they shared frustration over fraud and corruption and wanted accountability for those responsible. They said the state’s fraud problem is not about any one community, but about failures in administration and oversight. The lawmakers said they would return to session on February 17 and continue working on budget and fraud-related issues.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's time for the Fraud isn't free.
- </c><00:05:22.720><c> under</c> an agency that has uh seen fraud under an agency that has uh seen fraud
- </c> who makes a determination that fraud who makes a determination that fraud occurred?
- </c> fraud to occur should be fired. fraud to occur should be fired.
- </c> triggers, not just intentional fraud. triggers, not just intentional fraud.