ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The state’s nonpartisan watchdog said her office is doing what it can to catch fraud , but said the state needs to do more.

Watchdog says state is ‘not stopping what it should be stopping’

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"It’s a big problem. It didn’t just happen overnight, and I don’t think there’s just one place to point," said Randall. "If we just put in place the internal controls that are already required – that alone is the single biggest thing we could do to help – to help stop the fraud that’s been occurring."

She said, "You cannot audit your way out of fraud," and said the state must do more to disincentivize it.,

"Don’t even give them the opportunity, right? They submit a receipt that doesn’t make sense, you say right away, ‘This doesn’t make sense.’ Okay,

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