Michele Bachmann was officially informed of these fraudulent activities in Minnesota and its levels of growing poverty, where the only individuals benefiting from these child welfare fraud schemes are those organizations operating under the blessings of the tax exempt god.
Michele Bachmann helped cover it up by promoting the trafficking of tiny humans, a.k.a. foster care and adoption.
Minnesota is Bush Foundation child welfare propaganda country, focused on Faith Based Initiatives.
EXPOSED: Whistleblower Scott Stillman gives riveting testimony on the child care fraud happening in Minnesota and how Governor Dayton and DHS completely ignored it.
Child care fraud-terrorism connection report bothers Minnesota lawmakers
ST. PAUL—There is no proof that state money to help low-income Minnesota families afford child care ended up in the hands of terrorists, but the mere mention of it causes concern among many legislators and the Somali community.
"I think it has a national security implication, I really do," former state investigator Scott Stillman told a Senate human services committee Tuesday, May 15.
The committee was looking into comments Stillman earlier made to Twin Cities television station Fox9. The story indicated money paid to child care centers ended up in suitcases headed to Somalia and elsewhere, and then at least some ended up in the hands of terrorists.
Even without solid proof, lawmakers quickly reacted to Stillman's comments with concern and proposals for action as the 2018 Legislature winds down.
"Where there is a lot of smoke, there is fire," said Sen. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, chairman of the health and human services committee looking into the situation.
Stillman was the one who investigated money stolen from a child care fund designed to help low-income people.
Stillman said he found that some people spent months overseas while collecting state money for supposedly caring for children in Minnesota.
"'Most of that money is going to extravagant lifestyles, drugs," he added.
The most interest came in Stillman's comments that hinted at money being used for terrorist attacks.
Whenever he heard of an attack, he said that he and other investigators wondered how much of the money behind it came from Minnesota.
Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandra, said that because some of the child care money comes from the federal government and because international terrorism is a federal issue, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI should investigate.
"In none of our cases have we had specific evidence of terrorism," Inspector General Carolyn Hamm of the Human Services Department said. "If we did, we would immediately share it with the Department of Homeland Security."
Ingebrigtsen, a long-time Douglas County sheriff, said what he heard in committee is "very serious."
The senator said the Somali community is concerned because much of the alleged fraud is connected to centers owned by Somalis.
Omar Jamal of the Somali Watch Group said that his community wants a crackdown on the problem because most child care providers are not involved in fraud.
"This is an epidemic, very serious," he said about child care funding fraud.
The Fox9 report indicated that about $100 million a year is placed in suitcases and flown out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. That figure became connected with moving out money obtained by child care fraud, but Acting Human Services Commissioner Chuck Johnson said that not nearly that much money has been stolen.
In six cases his department has has obtained fraud convictions, the total about of money was $4.6 million, he said. "$100 million does not seem credible."
Jamar and Ham of the Human Services Department said money is shipped to countries like Somalia because American banks have no way to transfer it. Much of that money is sent to relatives of Somalis living in the United States.
Senators, short on facts, were frustrated.
"Now, our confidence is shaken," Sen. Scott Jenson, R-Chaska, told Johnson. "You need to restore my confidence in you."
Abeler said he is in no rush to enact legislation unless there are some simple, non-controversial measures. But a trio of Republican House members laid out a plan for legislation, some of which could pass before the constitutionally mandated Monday adjournment.
Reps. Matt Dean of Dellwood, Nick Zerwas of Elk River and Mary Franson of Alexandria are taking up efforts to increase enforcement.
Proposed legislation, which Dean said still can be inserted into an existing bill, includes:
• Giving Johnson's department authority to immediately suspend a child care license of a center under investigation that is not cooperating with investigators.
• Creating penalties of up to 25 years in prison for people who send public funds to countries on the U.S. State Department travel ban list, mostly countries likely to support terrorists.
• Adding more fraud-prevention measures in the Child Care Assistance Program and other welfare programs.
• Directing the Office of Legislative Auditor to investigate the child care funding program.
Franson said Johnson's department is spending time and money on the wrong priorities.
Many child care center operators this year have told legislative committees that the state is ordering them to fix what they consider minor problems. But, Franson said, the state has not done well in stopping fraud.
"Maybe a little less nitpicking and a little more creating accountability in the child care program," Franson said.
The Child Care Assistance Program is for low-income people who otherwise could not afford child care.
Franson convinced the House Tuesday to amend another bill to require county and private agencies dealing with child care licensing to be trained in identifying and preventing fraud.
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