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Hundreds of Minnesota Department of Human Services employees are allegedly accusing Gov. Tim Walz on social media of ignoring early warnings about massive fraud.

Hundreds of Minnesota Department of Human Services employees are allegedly accusing Gov. Tim Walz on social media of ignoring early warnings about massive fraud and retaliating against whistleblowers in a scandal that allegedly funneled over $1 billion in taxpayer funds to fraudulent operations.

Under an X account claiming to represent 480 DHS workers, they say they alerted Walz to fraudulent billing schemes but faced monitoring, threats and repression rather than support. 

“Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota,” the account said. “We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud, but no, we got the opposite response.”

The account was temporarily suspended for several hours before being restored under a modified name, “Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary.” 

Walz’s office declined to formally comment on the posts or confirm whether they were associated with current state employees.

The allegations center on the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, which recruited individuals to open more than 200 federal child nutrition program sites throughout Minnesota, claiming to serve meals to thousands of children daily. 

nstead, prosecutors say, the organization created fake attendance rosters and invoices that were reimbursed by the federal government.

Federal authorities have indicted 86 people in connection with the scheme. Of those charged, 79 are of Somali descent, according to federal sources.