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First, on June 11, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) published a report estimating that only 60 percent of people who received front-line worker bonus payments during COVID-19 were eligible. This was followed by another scathing report on June 13 detailing how the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) failed to provide adequate oversight to the 'Feeding Our Future' program, creating opportunities for fraud. An estimated $500 million has been lost in the Feeding Our Future Fraud.