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Previous cases of fraud in Minnesota, including food-aid fraud and other childcare fraud schemes, with arrests and prosecutions
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...
Prosecutions tied to alleged child-care and related benefit fraud in Minnesota span more than a decade and involve both individual owners and corporate entities; specific named defendants reported in ...
Federal and state authorities responded rapidly after Nick Shirley’s viral videos: the Department of Health and Human Services froze child-care payments to Minnesota and federal law‑enforcement agenci...
Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the subject of multiple state and federal inquiries and political demands for investigation, the clearest formal finding coming from the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board, whic...
Minnesota’s multiyear probes into alleged social‑service fraud have sharply reframed parts of the public debate about refugees: federal authorities say massive thefts implicate programs serving childr...
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...
Federal and local reporting documents a large, multi-pronged fraud investigation in Minnesota that has produced dozens of indictments and convictions tied to programs such as child nutrition, housing ...
A viral video by independent creator Nick Shirley alleging widespread fraud at Somali-owned daycare centers in Minnesota triggered state and federal scrutiny, but immediate inspections found many cent...
No reporting in the assembled sources confirms a new arrest directly tied to the recent viral childcare-fraud allegations in Minnesota; multiple outlets say it is presently unclear whether any arrests...