This year, the legislature spent $90 million to upgrade aging technology used by counties administering social services programs. It’s the same amount of money Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office has won back in recoveries and judgments from the people who stole from one of those public assistance programs — Minnesota Medicaid. RELATED: In Minnesota, convicted fraudsters often end up with no felonies on their recordsSince 2019, judges have ordered defendants to pay back nearly $32 million in restitution in MFCU-prosecuted cases. As of May, the amount recorded as paid back in the state court system was just over three million dollars. Another challenge is limits in the state probation system.