Minnesota’s long road to restitution

As prosecutors charge dozens with social-services fraud, the long, uneven process of tracing stolen funds and securing restitution shows how difficult it is to make victims whole.

A federal prosecutor announces charges in what officials described as a massive scheme to defraud pandemic child-nutrition programs in Minnesota. (Photo by the Star Tribune/Getty Images)

Earlier this fall, federal prosecutors charged eight individuals in what they said would be the first wave of arrests connected to a sweeping fraud scheme tied to Minnes…