Shireen Gandhi, the deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), is retiring from the oft-criticized state agency. News of the retirement was first reported by a group of DHS employees and later confirmed by the agency.

On Tuesday morning, a social media account known as “Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary” published a photo of what appears to be an internal DHS message about a “retirement open house” for Gandhi scheduled to take place Tuesday.

Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting is a group of DHS employees and whistleblowers that has regularly called attention to reports of fraud in Minnesota state government. The account, and its comments, have been featured in many national news reports.

In addition to publishing the photo about the open house, the social media account published a blistering open letter to Gandhi which celebrated her exit from the agency and said she failed to stop fraud that has occurred.

“Your biggest contribution to the MN DHS will be freeing up your position,” the group of DHS employees wrote. “You leave a legacy, just not the one you hoped for—a permanent example of incompetence and failure.”

Additionally, the letter said “during [Gandhi’s] tenure, allegations of fraud and significant compliance failures were allowed to escalate while confidence in the organization’s oversight dramatically eroded.”

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