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Nick Shirley, a 23‑year‑old YouTuber who styles himself an independent journalist, posted a viral video in late December 2025 alleging that Somali‑run daycare centers in Minnesota had been paid millio...
Mainstream newsrooms and local reporting have tested by cross-checking public payment records, visiting the day-care sites Shirley filmed, requesting state inspection and licensing records, and obtain...
Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) has repeatedly flagged weak internal controls and compliance failures that created openings for fraud across state grant and benefit programs, and i...
March 5, 2019 special review concluded that Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) was vulnerable to fraud because state controls were insufficient to prevent, detect, and investigate improper payments,...
State reporting and court records show that has prosecuted multiple providers over the past decade but that convictions have been uneven: some defendants were convicted, some cases ended in hung jurie...
A by accusing Minneapolis daycares of billing for children who were not present sparked federal and state probes, a freeze on federal child‑care payments to , and intense political fallout; investigat...
A viral December video alleging widespread child care fraud in Minnesota prompted federal freezes, multiple probes and national political fallout, but state compliance checks found the centers in the ...
The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) 2019 assessment of allegations tying child‑care assistance fraud to terrorism found pervasive weaknesses in fraud detection and management but did...
Federal and state probes into alleged fraud in Minnesota are active and sprawling: investigators have focused on multiple social-service programs (including child care, Medicaid-related services, hous...