A Minnesota “violence interruption” charity has collapsed after its leaders allegedly used $6.5 million worth of charitable funds to bankroll lavish lifestyles and a private liquor store.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Friday a civil lawsuit against nonprofit We Push for Peace and its former directors, Trahern Pollard and Jaclyn McGuigan.

The organization, which held lucrative contracts for community outreach and violence prevention, was driven into the ground by “rampant abuse” and blatant self-dealing, prosecutors allege.

According to the complaint, Pollard personally pocketed more than $6 million of the diverted charitable funds. Instead of helping the community, the charity’s money allegedly fueled a life of luxury for Pollard, paying for trips to Las Vegas, luxury vehicles and massive shopping sprees at a Harley Davidson showroom and spa stores.

Pollard is also accused of using the nonprofit to pay off his child support, settle a personal tax bill with the IRS, and subsidize his private, for-profit businesses — including a used car dealership and liquor store.

McGuigan, who acted as the charity’s treasurer, allegedly transferred a recurring $1,000 per week of nonprofit funds into her own personal account and stole thousands more in government grant funds that she claimed were for “administrative” expenses.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/us-news/minnesota-nonprofit-accused-of-siphoning-6-5m-to-fund-vegas-trips-luxury-cars-private-liquor-store/

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In just five years, Medicaid spending on autism therapy in North Carolina has skyrocketed from roughly $1.4 million to $660 million—a staggering 47,000 percent increase that defies any reasonable explanation rooted in population growth or genuine medical need. State Auditor Dave Boliek, the top watchdog for taxpayer dollars in the Tar Heel State, has rightly flagged this as a prime candidate for waste, fraud, and abuse. While applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy provides real help to children on the spectrum, this kind of exponential billing surge screams for rigorous scrutiny, not blank-check acceptance.

Boliek didn’t mince words in highlighting the anomaly. “Those are vital services to folks and individuals that need that therapy,” he told Fox News. But when billings explode from $1.4 million to more than $660 million annually in five years, “that begs an audit.”

His office is already digging in, coordinating with figures like Vice President J.D. Vance to get to the bottom of it. This isn’t abstract accounting—it’s real money extracted from hardworking North Carolinians and federal taxpayers, funneled into a system showing every hallmark of the fraud patterns exposed elsewhere.

The numbers tell a story far beyond increased awareness or diagnosis rates. Beneficiary counts have risen sharply, but not nearly enough to justify the fiscal explosion. Spending on ABA services jumped 347 percent between 2022 and 2025 alone, with projections now topping $1 billion by 2027. Average per-patient costs hover near $37,600 annually in recent data, and some providers are raking in tens of millions each. Meanwhile, fraud investigations tied to these services have more than doubled. Patterns like this echo the Feeding Our Future scandal in Minnesota, where fabricated claims drained hundreds of millions from programs meant for children.

https://discernmoney.com/north-carolinas-exploding-autism-therapy-billings-makes-minnesota-scammers-look-like-amateurs/

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>>24590128

fraud and grift rampant everywhere

our nation would have balanced budget if all of the fraud/grift was stopped

>>24590135

One of the state’s leading hospice care providers told Texas legislators that Medicare fraud is rampant across the Lone Star State, with rogue operators billing Medicare for millions in Taxpayer dollars. Testimony revealed that patients are being enrolled into hospice without their knowledge, and at least one provider has as many as 15 hospices operating in a single building, with the same owner.

Hospice Brazos Valley President and CEO Lisa McNair recently testified before the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and said that the number of registered hospices in Texas has nearly doubled in the last six years. She said there are now more than 1,300 facilities that are licensed to provide comfort to patients in their final days of life, KBTX reported. She told the local news outlet that fraudulent Medicare claims are draining taxpayer dollars and eroding trust in legitimate end-of–life care.

McNair investigated the alleged fraud and found that one owner claimed to operate 15 hospices in a single building. She said that a single 10-patient hospice can generate $60,000 per month in Medicare billing.

“Take 10 patients, multiply that times 15 hospices working under one building, under one owner, and you can do the math. That’s many millions of dollars that’s being frauded from the government,” McNair told reporter Nicole Marino.

She added that some “patients” are not even aware they had been enrolled in hospice care services. The facility simply submits fraudulent bills under the patient’s name.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/05/09/report-medicare-scams-in-texas-15-hospices-in-one-building-patients-signed-up-without-knowing/

>>24590271

Tim Burchett Shocks Joe Rogan With the Realities of NGOs

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>>24590275

listen to what burchett says about his conversation with elon…