Welfare fraud is rampant…unauthorized occupants top them all!
Rampant Welfare Fraud In Minnesota, Not just Child Care but in housing. 4 out of every 10 taxpayer funded rental units with single-head-of-households both with and without children, have live-in boyfriends sponging off the taxpayers, rent free. The Taxpayers are paying for their rent. In all too many incidences, even the Police & Sheriff's Offices know where to find the boyfriends with arrest warrants, etc. It is fraud when you game the system, no matter how you game it!
And yes, these are in brand new taxpayer subsidized rental units with all the amenities.
Ensure assistance goes to those in need, not blantant deliberate disregard for welfare laws & leases. Live-ins, welfare cheaters, are cheating all of us.
-Taxpayer confidence in public assistance program.
-If taxpayers feel those eligible for assistance are receiving assistance, they will support the programs.
-If not, they will resent those who receive assistance if they think they are cheating the programs.
-Saves $, for every $1 spent, $5.00 is returned in savings.Impact of FPI
•First offense – client is disqualified from receiving benefits for 1 year.
•Second offense – client is disqualified from receiving benefits for 2 years.
•Third offense – client is disqualified from receiving benefits for lifetime.
•10 year disqualification for receiving duplicate assistance.
Boyfriend or other unrelated person living in the home is welfare fraud.
“Fraud prevention and recovery is a critical part of what we do every day at DHS,” said Commissioner Lucinda Jesson. “Every dollar of waste and fraud is one less dollar that goes to the people we serve. All Minnesotans deserve to know that DHS takes its role as stewards of its public dollars seriously, and will not tolerate those that misuse them.”
What types of fraud?
How to report fraud
If you have heard about or seen instances of potential fraud waste or abuse in our programs, we want to know.
Examples of Recipient fraud:
Medical identity theft or sharing Medical Assistance cards
False application for a publicly funded program
Not reporting full income from all jobs, and payments
Not accurately reporting household members
Claiming hours for child care services that weren't provided
Selling EBT cards
Theft of medical cards; using cards to get services
https://mn.gov/dhs/general-public/office-of-inspector-general/report-fraud/