$1B Minnesota welfare fraud case may be 'tip of the iceberg' Speaker of the Minnesota House Lisa Demuth discusses the $1 billion welfare fraud scandal in Minnesota and why it took so long to uncover. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a review into how Minnesota used billions of dollars in federal social service funding, requesting detailed records from Gov. Tim Walz ’s administration and other state entities after reports