Federal & State Agents Executing Search Warrants at Multiple Locations in Rochester As Part of Fraud Investigation
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Federal and state investigators have spent the morning Thursday conducting multiple raids in Rochester.
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Limited details are available about the law enforcement activity so far.
Authorities indicate the law enforcement operation was pre-planned and involves the execution of court-authorized search warrants.
Federal & State Agents Conducting Raids in Rochester & Across Minnesota as Part of Fraud Investigation
In a statement to KROC News, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Matthew Vogel says federal and state agents are involved in the activity at multiple sites in Rochester and across Minnesota.
Vogel did not share which locations in Rochester have been raided.
Personnel from the FBI, Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General U.S. Postal Inspectors, IRS Criminal Investigators, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Control Unit are participating in the raids, Vogel said.
Rochester Police Providing Mutual Aid in Federal & State Operation
Rochester Police Department Communications Coordinator Amanda Grayson indicates the Rochester Police Department was requested to provide mutual aid to the operation, which she described as part of federal criminal investigations into fraud.
Grayson said the police department’s role is limited to providing security for FBI personnel.
“This is an active investigation, and no further details are available at this time,” Vogel said.
The raids come on the same day as Vice President JD Vance announced he would be visiting St. Cloud for a fraud-related press conference on Friday.
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