Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that his office has charged a Twin Cities man in connection with $7.3 million in Medicaid fraud. The charge comes as lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz are proposing new ways to tackle persistent fraud in Minnesota’s public assistance programs ahead of the 2025 legislative session.

An ex-con who previously served time for his role in a murder case is accused of bilking $7.3 million from Medicaid in Minnesota by illegally running a health care company by posing as his own mother.

A Minneapolis man accused of cheating Medicaid out of millions of dollars has been charged with racketeering and five felony counts of theft by swindle. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says Chavis Willis was previously convicted of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and therefore barred from owning,