🚨 TREASURY SECRETARY CALLS QUESTION ABOUT $420 MILLION PRISON PRICE GAP A “WASTE OF OUR TIME” The Trump administration says it's waging war on waste and fraud. So KARE 11's Lou Raguse asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about our investigation revealing ICE paid $495.6 MILLION for a shuttered Minnesota prison that its owner had offered to the state for just $75 MILLION last year. A $420 MILLION difference. Bessent said he knew nothing about the deal, then called the question a “waste of our
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🚨 TREASURY SECRETARY CALLS QUESTION ABOUT $420 MILLION PRISON PRICE GAP A “WASTE OF OUR TIME” The Trump administration says it's waging war on waste and fraud. So KARE 11's Lou Raguse asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about our investigation revealing ICE paid $495.6 MILLION for a shuttered Minnesota prison that its owner had offered to the state for just $75 MILLION last year. A $420 MILLION difference. Bessent said he knew nothing about the deal, then called the question a “waste of our
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REMEMBERING HULK HOGAN: The wrestling legend talked with KARE reporters Lou Raguse and Sam Fischer.
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REMEMBERING HULK HOGAN: The wrestling legend talked with KARE reporters Lou Raguse and Sam Fischer.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked by KARE 11's Lou Raguse during a news conference on fraud
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KARE 11's Lou Raguse reports the top defendant in the "Pitstop 66" fraud scheme has now pleaded guilty. Nasro Takhal was originally charged in 2024 with 17 felonies as part of a multi-year investigation by the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, according to FOX9. She agreed last Friday to plead guilty to two felony counts of aiding and abetting the theft of $2.6 million in Medicare payments. According to Raguse, Takhal admitted to her role in recruiting more than 300 Somali-American residents
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KARE 11's Lou Raguse reports the top defendant in the "Pitstop 66" fraud scheme has now pleaded guilty. Nasro Takhal was originally charged in 2024 with 17 felonies as part of a multi-year investigation by the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, according to FOX9. She agreed last Friday to plead guilty to two felony counts of aiding and abetting the theft of $2.6 million in Medicare payments. According to Raguse, Takhal admitted to her role in recruiting more than 300 Somali-American residents
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REMEMBERING HULK HOGAN: Pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan sat down with KARE 11 reporter Lou Raguse and digital producer Sam Fischer last year at the Mall of America. Here's more about the Hulkster's connection to Minnesota: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/hulk-hogan-visits-twin-cities-birthplace-of-hulkamania-promote-new-beer/89-512bf954-f49a-4b60-bf9d-c9c528ea823f?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KARE_11 | KARE 11
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Fact-checking the claim repeatedly made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his political allies that state and local authorities stopped and investigated the $300 million Feeding Our Future fraud case. | Lou Raguse
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A white supremacist from rural Minnesota with some pretty extreme beliefs received 8.5 years in prison after he was convicted at trial. | Lou Raguse
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I followed four Minnesota daycare fraud investigations for four years. They all ended in no charges filed. The lead BCA agent partially blamed DHS for refusing to provide documents she needed. Now two of the daycare owners are suing, claiming the state discriminated against them for being Somali. | Lou Raguse
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Serial rapist whose most recent kidnapping/rape case was recently taken over by federal prosecutors makes his first court appearance despite resistance. | Lou Raguse
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The man who was shot in the leg by an ICE officer in Minneapolis last week, leading to unrest, will stand trial for assaulting an officer charges. #ICE #Minnesota | Lou Raguse
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Allegation: Minnesota man died after state froze payments to his social service provider over suspected Medicaid fraud | Lou Raguse
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A Texas Border Patrol agent in Minnesota for Operation Metro Surge was found slumped behind the wheel, covered in vomit, refusing to take Breathalyzer and charged with DWI. | Lou Raguse
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The first defendant in Minnesota’s autism fraud investigation pleads guilty in $14 million scheme. #minnesota #fraud | Lou Raguse
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Guilty — a $6 million dollar fraud scheme run by a guy who was just 22 when he opened his “autism center” in St. Cloud. Abdinajib Yussuf, now 28, admits his role in court. | Lou Raguse
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One of the women charged with biting the fingers of federal agents after the shooting of Alex Pretti was back in court. | Lou Raguse
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A juror is defending the Minnesota judge’s decision to toss out their guilty verdict in a $7.2 million fraud case. #minnesota #fraud | Lou Raguse
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Former Optum VP convicted in $1.2 million “ghost employee” scam | Lou Raguse
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40,000 fraudulent claims alleged in latest charges filed by MN’s Attorney General, amounting to $3.2 million in fraud. #minnesota #fraud | Lou Raguse
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Refugees are being arrested and detained by ICE under “Operation PARRIS,” including a 16-year-old Somali girl in Minnesota whom a federal judge ordered ICE to release. | Lou Raguse
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Menards has to change the way it does its “11% off rebate” program as part of a deceptive advertising lawsuit from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. | Lou Raguse
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A Northern Minnesota election judge pleaded guilty, admitting let 11 unregistered voters cast their ballots last November.
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In a surprise 11th-hour guilty plea during jury selection for his retrial, Cody Fohrenkam finally takes responsibility for killing star Minneapolis student-athlete Deshaun Hill. | Lou Raguse
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4-year Sentence In $1.6M Dementia Exploitation Case
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Treasury Secretary Dismisses Question About $420M Prison Price Gap
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After a lawsuit filed this week alleging a $100 million Ponzi Scheme carried out by a man in the Twin Cities, he killed himself, multiple sources confirm. #fraud #minnesota | Lou Raguse
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The Minnesota Dept of Children Youth and Families says the daycares featured in Nick Shirley’s viral video were “operating as expected” when they went back to check for possible fraud on Monday. | Lou Raguse
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