Anti-ICE aid fund in Minnesota shuts down — and you can probably guess the reason why

The useful part

Fraud continues to plague the state of Minnesota, extending even to a program created to offset the economic impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Hennepin County. Back in March, Hennepin County commissioners approved $2 million for the program meant to help small businesses that had been affected by Operation Metro Surge, which began in December and ended in February. However, after a "rigorous review," the county has now ended the program, Hennepin County chief public relations officer Carolyn Marinan said in a statement to Fox 9.

How it works

• Only about 80 applications had been approved, receiving a total of about $500,000.
• More than 200 applications were flagged for possible fraud, Fox 9 reported.
• Hennepin County Commissioner Jeffrey Lunde claimed that despite the flood of allegedly fraudulent applications, no money was actually lost to fraudsters.
• "We caught the fraud before we spent any money," he said, according to CBS Minnesota.
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Details worth keeping

'Clearly, fraud and people who want to commit it are still very active, as they do not fear the penalty.' Three hundred applications were submitted to the Hennepin County relief program, each requesting a portion of the $2 million fund.