Minnesota fraud scandal — millions pulled from AUTISM CLINICS and Medicaid. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson says investigators uncovered “staggering amounts of money” stolen from the federal Child Nutrition Program — spent on cars, real estate, and even overseas — and that the same individuals also pulled millions from autism clinics and Medicaid. What began as COVID-era fraud has now exploded into a much wider investigation in Minnesota under Gov. Tim Walz.