Minnesota's fraud crisis represents the largest systematic theft of taxpayer dollars in American history, with Somali-run organizations at the center of schemes totaling up to $18 billion across Medicaid, child care and housing programs. The state's lax oversight created a "fraud tourism" destination where scammers traveled from other states knowing Minnesota was easy money, while Gov. Walz failed to act decisively until political pressure forced his hand and ended his reelection bid.