{"id":6287,"date":"2026-10-22T21:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/missouri-targets-fraud-with-operation-show-me-the-money\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T02:29:37","slug":"missouri-targets-fraud-with-operation-show-me-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/missouri-targets-fraud-with-operation-show-me-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Targets Fraud With Operation Show-Me the Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> JEFFERSON CITY, MO \u2013 October 22, 2026 (STL.News) Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe joined state and federal law enforcement officials Thursday to announce an expanded crackdown on fraud in taxpayer-funded benefit programs, bringing together government agencies and federal prosecutors under Operation Show-Me the Money. The coordinated effort involves the Missouri Attorney General\u2019s Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, and federal prosecutors from both of Missouri\u2019s judicial districts. Its objective is to identify fraudulent activity, investigate suspected wrongdoing, prosecute offenders, and strengthen safeguards protecting billions of dollars distributed through government assistance programs. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fj0xr4Ut2Ors%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Operation Show Me the Money combats taxpayer-funded fraud\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j0xr4Ut2Ors?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> The initiative focuses on state-administered programs that distribute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/missouri-targets-fraud-operation-show-me-the-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEFFERSON CITY, MO \u2013 October 22, 2026 (STL.News) Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe joined state and federal law enforcement officials Thursday to announce an expanded crackdown on fraud in taxpayer-funded benefit programs, bringing together government agencies and federal prosecutors under Operation&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6289,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions\/6289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}