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[00:00:06]Nothing um is even remotely close to the narrative that they have about Somalis.

[00:00:13]Um our, you know, origins and on how we got here, or even our numbers.

[00:00:19]Um which is always fascinating fascinating to me. So, it's more straight racism than anything personal.

[00:00:25]>> It really truly is, yeah. And um and you know, so they learned the hard way um that they were wasting lots of federal resources going after a ghost that really wasn't actually there, that was only of their creation.

[00:00:41]>> To get some of these public dollars uh back to our citizens. So, I ask for your support. Uh the main things I hear from, and I know we all do, from our residents is, you know, what happened all the money and we want it back.

[00:00:55]Uh this is a one way that we can start getting the money back.

[00:00:59]Uh we need to make fraud expensive for fraudsters. We need to do everything we can so that they think twice about defrauding our programs. Um as we uh know, there have been uh huge sums of money that have been stolen by fraudsters from our public programs.

[00:01:17]Um those dollars belong to uh the taxpayers. Those dollars belong uh to to taxpayers and they should be uh you know, given back to the taxpayers and spent on uh public programs, which is the original intent uh that we had as a legislature, that they would be spent on people who need them.

[00:01:37]Um instead we have had a huge amount of fraud uh taking those dollars, uh spending them on and uh personal things, uh wasting them. I mean, we we all know what's been going on. Um the Take It Back Act says we want our money back.

[00:01:54]So, if you are convicted of fraud in a state in a court defrauding our public programs in the state of Minnesota, you will have to pay 100% tax on those dollars that they find that you stole, 100%.

[00:02:13]This is how we get our money back.

[00:02:15]Right now there's potentially courts are ordering some restitution, but they're not ordering all the dollars back to to the state and to the citizens of Minnesota.

[00:02:29]So that's what this is. This is a a bill that says if you're going to defraud public programs, there's going to be a huge penalty and it's going to come in the form of a tax increase or tax on the entire amount that you defrauded state taxpayers.

[00:02:47]I can stand for questions. I do want to report the um the this bill passed the Senate uh unan- the tax committee and then it went to judiciary. They didn't have any other changes.

[00:02:59]It passed unanimously. It's bipartisan in the Senate. It's sitting on the general register and I understand it was in this language was included in the omnibus tax bill that was released this morning or was going to be released but it hasn't been yet >> [laughter] >> by the Senate. So they are completely on board in the Senate. It's again it's 100% bipartisan.

[00:03:19]I don't know if you have any questions of the uh Department of Revenue but um they can answer any of if folks have. One of the things that we currently do, so there's two parts to this. One is a 100% tax and one is a penalty. So if there is a conviction of tax fraud, that agency would certify the amount of the conviction, they would send it to us and then we'd apply a 100% tax through a a tax order or tax adjustment. The penalty piece comes through when we are reviewing returns or we get it a tip as a lot of the time that occurs and we review it and find that there's program fraud that we can assess up to, you know, assess a 100% penalty. So, a lot of that comes through our normal work that we're currently doing as working with the BCA and others on any kind of fraud issues. It has been my experience that there is quite a significant lag time between filing periods and when you incur some sort of penalty. And so, I'm wondering is this actually more effective than say what the courts are doing and asking to pay restitution?

[00:04:24]Given that, you know, I made a mistake on my taxes once and the state of Minnesota got back to me like three years later and we're like, "Hey, you need to pay $700." So, I'm I'm wondering is this the most effective way about of going about it? And then, my second question is I am I I find this letter that's in our packet very compelling.

[00:04:45]The idea that the money would go back to the general fund as opposed to the specific program that it was taken from.

[00:04:52]I think there's I think it's a valid question, right? Like we Nobody's more upset about this than those of us who allocated that money, right? To the place that it was supposed to go to take care of the people of Minnesota. And so, I think it's pretty compelling to say that we should move any money that is recovered from that fraud to go back into that program to help support the people who actually need it. The first question was sort of the the lag in time and is this the most effective way of getting um sort of that penalty through as opposed to the restitution process that the the courts put in place as soon as somebody is convicted of fraud. We can both answer that. We'll probably answer it slightly different.

[00:05:34]This is This is over and above a restitution order. So, this is money that would it's 100% tax at 100% of the fraud that they are convicted of. So, this is over and above any restitution order. I think um uh Ms. Bearse can talk about the the ability of the Department of Revenue to actually be quicker in going after these dollars than an order for restitution, which is, you know, on their time rather than forced.

[00:06:06]So. So, the way we when we looked at this, we did it in a way that was legal that we felt that was legally sound and that we could administer efficiently. And so, I think with when a conviction comes over, we'll be able to assess that that tax right away.

[00:06:22]That wouldn't take, you know, we'd be able to see it and we'd assess it right away. With the penalty, it's going to come as we would find other types of program fraud. And so, you know, we have our own criminal investigation that does a lot of that work, which is based on like I mentioned before, tips and other information that we have available. And so, it there is maybe some lag time, but we also think that, you know, with the general public, you know, if I miss of tips, we're we're a little quicker than just a regular audit would be. A further question. I'm Yeah, sorry. As I dig into this, I have more and more questions. So, if if we're looking at things based on tips from the public, um isn't there a risk of the Right. In in the penalty situation, right? Isn't there a risk that like there will be a bunch of maybe unverified tips that are then sending the Department down these rabbit holes that waste a lot of taxpayer time and money to look into what may be fraud, but may not be. I just I kind of worry anytime I hear a tip situation, I worry about bad faith actors and, you know, sending them after people they don't like. The convicted, so that that's not a tip.

[00:07:33]That is an absolute conviction of fraud for a set dollar amount. Which I think That's that's the main thing. The other is the tip, and I think uh Ms. Bearse can talk about the fact that they probably get them all the time and they you can't just act on a tip, but >> We already have a tip line where folks can submit their tips. So, you hear anything, please use that tip line.

[00:07:55]We also get information from other agencies as well as they will report under the executive order by the governor that was issued in October.

[00:08:03]Every agency that suspects some type of fraud that's being submitted to the BCA also has to report to the Department of Revenue. And so, we're getting them from a lot of different areas and always review thoroughly when we receive those regardless of where we get it from. I'm the author of the fraud restitution fund which passed last year. Kind of curious the order of operations here because we also want to make sure that that fund you know, gets the money it needs so that we can compensate people regular Minnesotans who have been defrauded. So, it would go by priority.

[00:08:35]When we have a lien filed for a claim for any type of tax, there's a a priority set in statute. So, you know, without knowing for sure it was likely that restitution would probably get collected first. It really depends on like, you know, the court, things like that. So, it would likely go with restitution would likely get the restitution and then any other kind of encumbrance that might be or a you know, priority that's taken regarding what type of property it is and who filed it.

[00:09:04]Um, but I would assume most of the time it's restitution that's taken. So, we already do tax fraud in just in general tax fraud. This extra 100% penalty would only apply to public fund fraud. So, like any public funds that were found to be fraudulent, that's when that penalty would apply. It would only apply to the funds. So, if there is tax fraud that was mixed in, we'd only apply it to the amount that would have been considered public funds.

[00:09:31]But, you know, we've talked a lot about fraud and I guess um, obviously we want to do I'm in favor of doing whatever we can to prevent the fraud from happening.

[00:09:42]Ms. Berres, do you think this is a good tool that's going to help you guys identify some of the fraud that we've seen in the state? I think it's another tool in our toolbox that we can use to help with the fraud, yes. Um, you know, I think that's part of as we're looking at this and how expansive it is, it's helping you guys have the tools to act on it and and help the taxpayers of Minnesota. So, thank you. The main things I hear from and I know we all do from our residents is, you know, what happened all the money and we want it back.

[00:10:15]This is one way that we can start getting the money back.

[00:10:19]We need to make fraud expensive for fraudsters. We need to do everything we can so that they think twice about defrauding our programs. And this is one other tool that we can use to have them think twice and maybe not do it in the first place.

[00:10:37]And also to get some of these public dollars back to our citizens. So, I ask for your support. I wish we're we're trying to get this sent to the general register, but I don't know if that's going to happen today. So, but if is the plan to lay the bill over?

[00:10:56]You've done a lot of work on this and Representative Anderson renews her motion to House file 5040 as amended be laid over for final conclusion in the Omnibus tax bill. Thank you, Representative Anderson. That's all for today. Thank you. If you want global news to keep you up to date on any new developments, please subscribe our channel and forward our content with your friends on social media and email.

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