Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday unveiled a new statewide fraud prevention program in the state’s latest effort to crack down in the wake of the Feeding Our Future scandal — a scheme that siphoned away $250 million in taxpayer funds meant for hungry children.
Walz, the one-time Democratic running mate to former Vice President Kamala Harris, named Tim O’Malley as the new director of program integrity in a news conference on Friday morning.
O’Malley is former FBI agent who previously led the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, appointed by Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty. He had also served as a chief judge on the state’s Court of Administrative Hearings, appointed by Walz, and has worked with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in an integrity-related capacity.