Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces a massive crackdown on Minnesota benefits fraud
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Washington DC, the U.S. Treasury Department is taking the gloves off in Minnesota. In a sweeping set of initiatives announced in January 2026, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent unveiled an aggressive federal strategy to dismantle rampant government benefits fraud that has siphoned billions of taxpayer dollars away from the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
