Feds Raid Minnesota Autism Service Providers in Medicaid Fraud Sweep

Federal agents raided multiple autism service providers in Minnesota this week, part of an intensifying investigation into Medicaid fraud across the state.

Agents executed searches at locations in St. Louis Park and Edina, according to reports, as part of a broader probe into how autism-services funding has been billed and spent. Minnesota has been a hotspot for Medicaid fraud investigations in recent years, with prior cases touching food programs and housing assistance — all pointing to the same underlying problem: a sprawling benefits system with too little oversight of where the money actually goes.

No charges have been announced yet, and the providers raided haven't been named publicly. But the scale of the operation — multiple locations, multiple agencies — suggests investigators think they're looking at more than an isolated bad actor.

For a state that has become something of a case study in Medicaid fraud, this is unlikely to be the last raid.