While the lamestream media and Establishment politicians cover up for crooked politicians, A4L is never afraid to say the truth. With exception to Action 4 Liberty, there is silence among the political class when it comes to allegations of RINO state Rep. Ron Kresha (10A) committing PPP loan fraud by falsely labeling independent contractors as employees. 

Kresha is a founding partner (co-owner) and chief financial officer (CFO) for Golden Shovel Agency LLC. As detailed in previous A4L reporting, the PPP loans Kresha’s company received totaled over $300K where he claimed to have 17 employees in April of 2020 and 20 employees in March of 2021. The related evidence and documents were given to a member of the House Fraud Committee, state Rep. Isaac Schultz (10B), but no action was ever taken by the committee. According to the Dept. of Treasury, businesses are prohibited from listing independent contractors as employees. See loans below:

In a November 2020 deposition regarding a lawsuit involving former associate Mary Whelan, Kresha stated that the company had no employees at all and instead had about 15 independent contractors. Whelan was suing Kresha in relation to lost wages and intellectual property theft. In the deposition, the questions (Q) is Whelan’s attorney and the answers (A) are Kresha’s responses. See below:

After exposing this alleged fraud, Morrison County locals told A4L that Kresha and his minions began blaming the bank for the loans. It remains unclear if the bank told Kresha he could falsely label independent contractors as employees or if these independent contractors were cheated out of money they would’ve otherwise gotten if they filed themselves.

A lawsuit was filed on July 10th of this year against Ron Kresha and anti-covid lockdown attorney and former Judge candidate Nathan Hansen is the listed attorney. According to PacerMonitor, Kresha’s company was served on Wednesday, October 22nd by the Morrison County Sheriff's Office. The lawsuit can be read in full here.

This case is a “qui tam” lawsuit which allows a complainant (the person suing) to receive a percentage of funds recovered by the government in cases of fraud. Kresha is accused of treble damages and civil penalties set forth in 31 U.S.C. Section 3729 (False Claims Act) in the amount of $965,676. 

As previously mentioned, the Republican-controlled state House Fraud Committee has refused to take action or investigate this matter. The Chair of the committee, Governor candidate RINO Kristin Robbins, is centering her gubernatorial campaign around the out of control fraud in our state. Of course, Democrats are guilty of allowing all of the fraud and crony kickbacks but Republicans who vote for unconstitutional, corrupt omnibus bills are just as guilty. 

All members of the Fraud Committee must take immediate steps toward investigating RINO Ron Kresha’s alleged PPP loan fraud. GOP committee members Kristin Robbins (37A), Patti Anderson (33A), Walter Hudson (30A), Marion Rarick (29B), and Isaac Schultz (10B) and Democrats Dave Pinto (64B), Steve Elkins (50B), and Emma Greenman (63B) have all sat on their hands to protect their Uniparty buddy. Voters in Minnesota demand consistency and honesty from our elected officials, Republicans should not protect corrupt RINOs like politics is a corrupt team sport and Democrats should not protect corrupt RINOs because they fear a real conservative being elected in the RINO’s place. Perhaps if they took action the memes from MNLeg Memes on X would end!

Kresha is already deeply unpopular with his constituents. He failed to win the party endorsement during the last two cycles and was condemned by Morrison County’s GOP for his ultra-liberal voting record. Individuals can hold RINO Ron accountable by signing this petition. The PPP loan fraud story does not appear to be going away anytime soon. Action 4 Liberty will continue exposing the truth and demand that elected officials start to do the same!