After the sealed Hope Florida presentment leaked this week to CBS News Miami, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s primary focus was not the $10 million from a settlement with Medicaid contractor Centene for overbilling Florida’s Healthy Kids program, which insures low-income children. It was publicly labeling the grand jury’s findings a “hoax” and a lie. That is […] The post $10 Million Stolen in Plain Sight: Relabeled, Rerouted, Then Denied appeared first on StoneZone .
After the sealed Hope Florida presentment leaked this week to CBS News Miami , Gov. Ron DeSantis’s primary focus was not the $10 million from a settlement with Medicaid contractor Centene for overbilling Florida’s Healthy Kids program, which insures low-income children. It was publicly labeling the grand jury’s findings a “hoax” and a lie. That is not the response of a governor absorbing a report about taxpayer money. It is the response of a man protecting the people he promoted. The money moved. Then they were appointed to higher office. There was, he said, no diversion of Medicaid funds. The only crime “was whoever leaked the grand jury report,” and there would be “consequences.” Attorney General James Uthmeier…Open
The Florida Senate Democratic Caucus is calling for the resignations of AG James Uthmeier and Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla. after a grand jury found $10 million in taxpayer funds was misappropriated. Uthmeier dismissed the report Thursday calling it a “politically motivated witch hunt.”
Corrigan said the two reports – one in 2023, another in 2025 – were updates on an ongoing look into a practice referred to as “smurfing,” where the group is accused of attributing more donations and higher dollar amounts to individual donors than they actually gave in a process that can shield other donors from transparency.
Employees at any organization designated as a tax-exempt nonprofit is eligible for a federal student loan forgiveness program, even organizations who are avowedly anti-American.
Fahima Egeh Mahamud, already implicated in a major fraud scandal, has been charged with additional federal offenses for allegedly misappropriating millions meant for children's meals.
Fahima Egeh Mahamud, already implicated in a major fraud scandal, has been charged with additional federal offenses for allegedly misappropriating millions meant for children’s meals. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Fahima Egeh Mahamud, a Somali -background woman already linked to the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal, faces new federal charges for allegedly pocketing an additional $4.6 million through a separate daycare subsidy fraud scheme. DETAIL: Mahamud, owner of Future Leaders Early Learning Center in south Minneapolis , was charged on May 20 with wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Federal prosecutors claim she submitted over $826,000 in false meal reimbursement claims to Feeding Our Future in 2021, while…Open
A Michigan daycare fraud scandal exposes how a politically appointed nonprofit leader stole over $1 million in taxpayer funds meant for vulnerable children. Who should be held accountable when taxpayer money meant for kids is stolen? Let me know in the comments.
AI:A Michigan daycare fraud scandal has emerged involving a politically appointed nonprofit leader who allegedly stole over $1 million in taxpayer funds intended for vulnerable children.Open
