As the details of large-scale instances of government fraud continue to emerge in Minnesota, Republican candidate for governor Kristin Robbins has made combating the problem central to her campaign.

A state representative from Maple Grove, Robbins is the latest Republican candidate in a growing field of challengers to Democratic-Farmer-Labor Gov. Tim Walz to highlight the theft of taxpayer dollars by nonprofits — something acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson says likely totals at least $1 billion in recent years.

In September, federal prosecutors announced multiple charges in two separate instances of alleged Medicaid fraud: one in a state housing stabilization program and the other a children’s autism program.

Thompson has said more cases are likely to emerge, meaning fraud will conti

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