Amid mounting political pressure to address widespread government fraud, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday announced the appointment of an official tasked with creating fraud prevention measures across state government agencies.

Tim O’Malley, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension under Gov. Tim Pawlenty, will serve as director of program integrity.

O’Malley is a former FBI agent and interim chief judge for the state Court of Administrative hearings, and for a decade handled allegations of sexual misconduct by clergy in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

As Walz’s fraud czar, O’Malley will oversee state efforts to strengthen fraud prevention efforts across state government agencies. He will work with an outside financial audit firm, WayPoint, to implem

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