Two Minnesota Autism Centers Raided by the FBI
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The FBI raided two Minnesota autism centers, one in Minneapolis and one in St. Cloud, as part of a federal investigation into medical fraud that has ties to the $250 million Feeding Our Future child meal fraud case.
Smart Therapy Center, LLC in Minneapolis and Star Autism Center LLC in St. Cloud, both registered with the Minnesota Department of Human Services in the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) health care program funded by taxpayers to offer medically necessary services to people under 21 living with autism spectrum disorder.
Federal investigators say they have found evidence that both centers have submitted fraudulent claims for EIDBI. No one has yet been criminally charged.
Republicans are blaming the Democrats for the F-B-I investigation into fraud at least two Minnesota autism centers.
G-O-P Senator Mark Koran of North Branch said in a statement,
"Governor Walz and Democratic leaders have failed to hold agencies accountable in any meaningful way - only attempting to address the situation when it is politically expedient for them."
House Republican Leader Lisa Demuth said,
"the Walz Administration’s refusal to act means that hundreds of millions of dollars continue to be stolen with no chance of recovery.”
Senate Health and Human Services Chair John Hoffman of Champlin says,
“stealing from our most vulnerable is inexcusable and illegal, and the people who committed this fraud must be punished to the fullest extent of the law."
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