Minnesota's Autism-Welfare Terrorism Funding Scheme

Minnesota residents are footing the bill for more than just state programs—some of their tax dollars have ended up supporting Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based terrorist organization tied to al Qaeda. A detailed report from the Manhattan Institute lays out how massive fraud in welfare initiatives funneled money overseas, where it landed in the hands of extremists.

The schemes centered on programs like Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), Feeding Our Future, and autism therapy services, all meant to help vulnerable people but instead exploited for personal gain. Investigators Ryan Thorpe and Christopher Rufo traced the path of stolen funds from Minnesota to Somalia through informal money transfer systems known as hawalas.

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