US EditionFBI Expands Minnesota Daycare Fraud Probe After Viral Video
The FBI has increased personnel to investigate a $250 million fraud scheme involving sham vendors and possible extremist funding, intensified by a viral video showing inactive daycares.
- On Sunday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the Federal Bureau of Investigation surged investigative resources and personnel to Minnesota amid an ongoing fraud investigation, calling it `just the tip of a very large iceberg`.
- The Justice Department has for years been investigating social-services fraud involving some members of Minnesota's Somali community, including 2022 indictments in a $250 million scheme.
- Shirley's footage, which his channel says has 1.2 million followers, features an inactive Minneapolis site, Quality Learing Center, alleging it received $1.9 million in government funding this year, and the clip has millions of views.
- As of last month, prosecutors had charged 77 people, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's office said the Quality Learning Center was shuttered and the State Department of Human Services referred providers to law enforcement.
- Political pressure intensified as the Trump administration seized on the fraud scandal this month, many defendants are Somali‑Americans, and some officials called for Governor Tim Walz's resignation.
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ANTI-NEWS: Univision Falsely Accuses FBI Director of Targeting Somali Community, Underreports MASSIVE Fraud
Univision was among the first broadcast networks to report on the latest massive welfare fraud scandal engulfing Minnesota. Unfortunately, the morning brief provided little in the way of details and massively smeared FBI Director Kash Patel. Watch the brief in its entirety, as aired on Univision’s Despierta América on Monday, December 29th, 2025:
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