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Stearns County sheriff and human services report $1.2M in benefit savings after fraud-prevention program
Summary
The sheriff's office and Human Services described a two-year fraud-prevention partnership that referred roughly 789 cases in two fiscal years, produced about $1.2 million in savings and $775,000 in identified overpayments, and led to a small number of prosecutions and administrative disqualifications.
Lieutenant Zach Sasonson and Janelle Beckerman of Stearns County outlined a fraud-prevention program the sheriff's office is running in partnership with Human Services. The county brought investigative work back into the sheriff's office after more than a decade of private contracting and now employs one full-time investigator and an additional part-time investigator.
Sasonson said the team handles civil-focused investigations to protect program integrity…
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