Joni Ernst: “a new trend is emerging in which both convicted and uncharged fraudsters share information that allows others to exploit…”

If fraud is later detected, then the government has to decide if it’s worth trying to recover the stolen money.

The scale of growth warrants closer review. Data shared with our offices indicates more than $524 million in SNAP benefits were spent at RMP-authorized restaurants across the nine participating states from June 2023 through May 2025.

Bad actors have been scamming American taxpayers for far too long,” said Ernst. “From fake child care centers in Minnesota to incarcerated convicts collecting unemployment checks, fraud has become so pervasive that, if it were a government…

Present Company has been the gift that keeps on giving to Audubon for more than three decades," said Chair Ernst.