华盛顿 —— 联邦调查局（FBI）局长卡什·帕特尔和财政部长斯科特·贝森特周五前往明尼苏达州，宣布对当地实施17起反欺诈突击搜查 —— 贝森特指责州长蒂姆·沃尔茨在保护公共资金方面“严重失职”。
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled to Minnesota on Friday to announce 17 local anti-fraud raids — as Bessent chastised Gov. Tim Walz as “woefully negligent” in protecting public funds.
四名涉嫌欺诈者因涉嫌从联邦医疗项目窃取4100万美元而被捕。
Four alleged fraudsters were arrested for allegedly stealing $41 million from federal health programs.
“我们正在采取行动，我们正在重拳出击，”帕特尔在圣克劳德市的新闻发布会上表示。
“We’re taking action and we’re kicking butt,” Patel said at a press conference in St. Cloud.
“我们今天在此宣布，就在昨天，联邦调查局明尼阿波利斯分局及我们的合作伙伴在一天内执行了17份搜查令，并将其合并为一份包含26项罪名的起诉书，”他说。
“We’re here today to announce that just yesterday, FBI Minneapolis and our partners executed 17 search warrants in a single day to combine into a 26-count indictment,” he said.
“其中三份搜查令针对一家托儿中心，两份针对该中心所有者的住所，另外两份针对明尼苏达州的早期强化发展和行为干预部门。”此次行动抓获的嫌疑人包括阿斯彭协会的费萨尔·埃尔米，该机构是一家自闭症服务提供商，他现在面临11项医疗欺诈指控，涉嫌骗取800万美元。
“Three of those search warrants were at a child care center, two of those search warrants were at the residences of the owners of those centers, and two more of those search warrants were on the early intensive development and behavioral intervention unit here in Minnesota.”Those busted in the roundup include Feisal Elmi of Aspen Associates, an autism services provider, who now faces 11 counts of healthcare fraud for an alleged $8 million ripoff.
美国家庭医疗保健的贾马·穆罕默德面临六项医疗欺诈指控，涉案金额327万美元；温馨之家的法伊扎·艾哈迈德，该机构为老年人和残疾人提供护理服务，面临八项指控，涉嫌医疗欺诈1000万美元；智能疗法的哈比巴·穆罕默德面临一项串谋欺诈美国政府2000万美元的指控。
Jama Mohamod of American Home Healthcare faces six counts of healthcare fraud totaling $3.27 million; Faiza Ahmed of Home Sweet Home, which billed for elderly and disabled care, faces eight for $10 million in alleged healthcare fraud; and Habiba Mohammed of Smart Therapy faces a count of conspiracy to defraud the US government of $20 million.
“这些嫌疑人意图欺诈数千名受害人，骗取超过4100万美元，这些本应流向有需要的人手中，”帕特尔说。
“The subjects intended to defraud thousands of victims of over $41 million, money that was supposed to go to those in need,” Patel said.
“他们以为能逃脱罪责。他们没有得逞，要归功于这个团队以及总统和副总统的反欺诈特别工作组。”原定出席发布会的副总统JD·万斯因日程安排不明原因变更，最终留在了华盛顿。
“They thought they could get away with their crimes. They did not succeed because of this team and the president and vice president’s anti-fraud task force.”Vice President JD Vance, who was expected to attend the announcement, ultimately stayed in Washington due to an unspecified scheduling change.
贝森特猛烈抨击沃尔茨，后者在为该州猖獗的欺诈行为承担责任后，已宣布不寻求连任。“沃尔兹政府严重疏忽、视而不见，”财政部长说。
Bessent tore into Walz, who is not seeking re-election after accepting blame for rampant fraud in the state. “The Walz administration has been woefully negligent and turned a blind eye,” the treasury secretary said.
“蒂姆·沃尔兹令人羞耻地、或许是知情地任由这种工业化规模的欺诈滋蔓，这将成为其政府的标志性遗产。”
“The industrial scale fraud that Tim Walz shamefully and perhaps knowingly allowed to fester is the defining legacy of his administration.”