Partners in Nutrition will pay state $18.5M to settle food aid fraud claims
Partners in Nutrition agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle claims that it funneled money to food aid sites involved in a fraud scheme.
The nonprofit funneled more than $50M to food aid sites run by Minnesotans later convicted of fraud.
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