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CRIME & SAFETY
Medicaid fraud: 8 people charged with 67 felonies in $2.6 million scheme
FARIBAULT, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Minnesota multi-agency investigation has led to eight people being charged with stealing identities from hundreds of people in the Faribault area to bill Medicaid for services that were never provided. The Minnesota Department of Commerce announced the scheme defrauded the Minnesota Assistance (Medicaid) program...
Vought becomes 1st Waseca Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award recipient
"In our circles, I realize people might work in finance or insurance or whatever for 40 years, but people don't work as cops for 40 years," said Waseca Police Captain Kris Markeson. Waseca Chief of Police Penny Vought's tenure working in the Waseca Police Department is just short of 40 years, as she began with the department in July of 1984. For her efforts in the years she has served Waseca, Vought received the Waseca Exchange Club's Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award on...
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