Vice President JD Vance to visit St. Cloud Friday to discuss fraud

Local News Vice President JD Vance to visit St. Cloud Friday to discuss fraud By Cole Premo Cole Premo Digital Manager Cole Premo is digital manager for CBS Minnesota. For more than a decade, he's been covering breaking news and weather, daily topics, stories from the Native community and more in Minnesota. Read Full Bio Cole Premo Updated on: October 29, 2026 / 9:33 AM CDT / CBS Minnesota Add CBS News on Google Vice President JD Vance is traveling to St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Friday to discuss fraud days before the midterm elections. The White House confirmed that Vance, along with members of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, will hold a press conference where Vance will make "an announcement on the Administration's War on Fraud." The timing of the press conference has not been released, and further details are limited. In June, Vance called on federal prosecutors to investigate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison over allegations they failed to stop widespread social services fraud,On Wednesday, a man who played a key role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota, Salim Said, received a 30-year prison sentence. It was the latest punishment handed down in a large scheme to collect millions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a developing story.  In: JD Vance Minnesota Fraud Featured Local Savings What's next for Minnesota's new agency tasked with curbing fraud? Charges filed against activists who posed as Minnesota voters Lawsuit: Bakery, nonprofit filed false claims worth millions in Minnesota Minnesota AG ads often misleading, mostly from outside groups: analysis Vance rallies in Howell, calls Michigan "most important election" in U.S. Brando Villapudua, Stockton city councilmember, detained after service of search warrants East Aurora school board member facing federal fraud charges Nigerian man living in Atlanta charged in tax return fraud scheme