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   (NewsNation) — The Small Business Administration is halting annual   
   funding to the state of Minnesota amid a report of over $100 million in   
   fraud in the state.   
      
   Independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video to X, which   
   has received over 119 million views, stating he had “uncovered over   
   $110,000,000 (of fraud) in ONE day” after visiting multiple daycares in   
   Minnesota.   
      
   In response, Kelly Loeffler, the administrator of the U.S. Small   
   Business Administration, said Monday via X, “SBA is pausing annual   
   funding to Minnesota while we investigate $430 million in suspected PPP   
   fraud across the state.   
      
   “This Admin will not continue to hand out blank checks to fraudsters –   
   and we will not rest until we clean up the criminal networks that have   
   been stealing from American taxpayers.”   
      
   The Paycheck Protection Program was established by the 2020 CARES Act,   
   which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Trump during   
   the COVID-19 pandemic.   
      
   The House Committee on Small Business has launched a probe into “fraud   
   and concealment” within the PPP and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan   
   program, also formed during the pandemic.   
      
   Loeffler sent a letter last week to Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz   
   outlining at least $2.5 million in PPP and EIDL loans sent to   
   individuals indicted as part of a wide-ranging investigation into fraud   
   involving Minnesota’s social services programs.   
      
   Walz’s office told NewsNation partner The Hill that it had “no role” in   
   administering PPP and EIDL funds.   
      
   Federal prosecutors have charged 98 people in connection with their   
   probe into fraud within Minnesota social programs, and Walz has ordered   
   a third-party audit of billing for 14 high-risk programs under the   
   Minnesota Department of Human Services.   
      
   In a social media post, FBI Director Kash Patel said recent federal   
   prosecutions into the misuse of federal dollars meant for children’s   
   hunger relief are “just the tip of a very large iceberg.”   
      
   https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/sba-freezes-funding-minnesota-frau   
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