ST. PAUL – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that a federal jury in St. Paul convicted a Minnesota woman yesterday for executing a scheme to steal $3.6 million from the now-defunct Minnesota Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program. The federal jury trial was before U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson.
“The Fraud Division has arrived in Minnesota – and we are here to stay,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division. “The jury’s guilty verdict in this case sends a clear message that those who steal from programs meant to help our most vulnerable will be held accountable. As proven at trial, Meadows falsified records to enrich herself while preventing critical services from reaching those in need. Her fraud scheme – and others like it – forced Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services Program to shut down entirely after costs of the program outran estimates by four thousand percent. I commend the dedicated prosecutors, agents, and support staff who worked tirelessly to deliver justice in this case.”
“The defendant chose to defraud millions from a program meant to help vulnerable Minnesotans,” said United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen for the District of Minnesota. “My office is committed to prosecuting those who steal from the American taxpayer.”…