Delldude
Sheep Dipped Boy Scout
Check this out:
A former UN weapons inspector is convinced al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Somalia almost certainly got their hands on money looted from Minnesota's welfare system, in what is fast becoming one of the biggest fraud scandals in US history.
Matt Bryden – who for four years ran the UN Security Council's monitoring mission for Somalia and Eritrea – told the Daily Mail he believes al-Shabaab militants likely skimmed off a slice of cash siphoned from Minnesota's pandemic-era feeding program and wired it to the Horn of Africa.
'Al-Shabaab taxes everything it can, including remittance companies,' said Bryden, now a strategist with the Nairobi-based consultancy Sahan. 'Where the money comes from or who receives it is incidental – it's the business that is taxed, not the transaction.'
His comments bolster claims from conservative researchers and Republican officials who argue that Minnesota's Somali-American fraudsters not only plundered their state's generous welfare system but also fed money into one of the world's most feared Islamist insurgencies.
The eye-watering scale is staggering. Some $300million was stolen from a single federal meals program. Prosecutors believe the real total across multiple schemes could top $1billion.
More than 50 fraudsters have already been convicted, with dozens more cases in the pipeline. Court filings show that chunks of the stolen cash were sent back to Somalia or used to buy properties across East Africa.
www.dailymail.co.uk
A former UN weapons inspector is convinced al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Somalia almost certainly got their hands on money looted from Minnesota's welfare system, in what is fast becoming one of the biggest fraud scandals in US history.
Matt Bryden – who for four years ran the UN Security Council's monitoring mission for Somalia and Eritrea – told the Daily Mail he believes al-Shabaab militants likely skimmed off a slice of cash siphoned from Minnesota's pandemic-era feeding program and wired it to the Horn of Africa.
'Al-Shabaab taxes everything it can, including remittance companies,' said Bryden, now a strategist with the Nairobi-based consultancy Sahan. 'Where the money comes from or who receives it is incidental – it's the business that is taxed, not the transaction.'
His comments bolster claims from conservative researchers and Republican officials who argue that Minnesota's Somali-American fraudsters not only plundered their state's generous welfare system but also fed money into one of the world's most feared Islamist insurgencies.
The eye-watering scale is staggering. Some $300million was stolen from a single federal meals program. Prosecutors believe the real total across multiple schemes could top $1billion.
More than 50 fraudsters have already been convicted, with dozens more cases in the pipeline. Court filings show that chunks of the stolen cash were sent back to Somalia or used to buy properties across East Africa.
UN sleuth reveals secret money trail from Minnesota's $1b Somali fraud
UN inspector Mat Bryden has revealed exclusively to the Daily Mail where the stacks of stolen cash from Minnesota has ended up, as well as its terrifying purpose.
