Nick Shirley: Minnesota grocery shops are used to wire money to Africa
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Independent journalist Nick Shirley discusses his investigation into alleged Minnesota social program fraud on The All-In Podcast.
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“I've talked to people as well inside of these grocery shops where they have 10 different stores, and I ask them, like, what do they do? And they have these shops where they wire off the money to Africa.”
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