Posted on 01/06/2026 4:03:13 PM PST by NoLibZone
A Minneapolis child care center with a history of safety violations is being investigated by federal and state authorities for possible financial fraud. The FBI and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at Salama Child Care Center at 1411 Nicollet Av. near downtown Minneapolis. Families of children at the facility were turned away for a time as authorities from both agencies carried out computers, boxes and folders of documents to waiting vans.
Officials from DHS, the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Minneapolis all declined to comment on the nature of the investigation except to confirm that a search warrant was executed. The Internal Revenue Service is also said to be part of the probe. By late afternoon, the visitors' lobby was packed with children and their parents, who insisted they knew nothing of the investigation.
Nationwide, federal agencies and local prosecutors have been cracking down on child care centers for defrauding government-funded child care assistance programs by billing for services not provided, and for inflating the number of children in care and the hours that the children actually attended.
The Salama Child Care Center, which was first licensed in 2009 to serve up to 60 children, including infants and toddlers, has a history of regulatory problems with the state.
Since 2011, the center has been hit with three correction orders for various child safety and record violations, according to state records. In a 2011 inspection, for instance, DHS officials found children were not properly supervised; meals did not meet minimum daily nutritional guidelines; and children were exposed to multiple hazards, including electrical cords and a hot steam table.
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Serious question from a deplorable vulgarian:
Is the evidence being seized for prosecutions or (again) to make evidence go away?
Hopefully they can start linking all of this together into a coherent picture, with some really big names.
Obama made sure they could plug up the holes so they could continue the billion dollar scam.
bump
SLAM that barn door shut. They had no clue about a 9 billion dollar theft and bribery ring until a 25 year old video blogger exposed it.
Tax day will fill many of us with contempt this year for DC.
“ Apparently Obama was a white supremacist”
Only the white half.
May 13, 2015
Over ten years ago.
No need to follow any guidelines if no children were there.
BTW, why do Muslim women need daycare? They should be at home and in some Muslim countries they’re not educated beyond about 6th grade level.
The Salama Child Care Center Case 1411 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis (2015 Raid and Aftermath)
Key Events
- May 2015: The FBI and Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) executed a search warrant at Salama Child Care Center, seizing computers, documents, and boxes of evidence after over a year of surveillance.
- Shortly after the raid, DHS revoked Salama's child care license due to numerous violations, including exceeding capacity, inadequate staffing, unclean conditions, and safety hazards.
Criminal Charges and Resolution
In January 2017, federal prosecutors charged the operator, Fozia Sheik Ali, with four counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of public money.
Allegations: Between December 2013 and May 2015, Ali submitted fraudulent claims to Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), overstating attendance (sometimes by over 400%) and billing for days when the center was closed. The fraud amounted to approximately $1.45 million.
Outcome: In May 2017, Fozia Sheik Ali pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public money. In January 2018, she was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, followed by supervised release, and ordered to pay over $1.4 million in restitution.
Subsequent Developments at the Address
The building at 1411 Nicollet Avenue later reopened under a new name: Quality Learning Center Inc.
- Licensed by DHS starting October 2017 (active as of January 2026).
- Has faced numerous licensing violations and fines but no proven fraud charges related to the original case.
- Gained renewed public attention in late 2025 amid broader allegations of daycare fraud in Minneapolis.
The 2015 Salama investigation effectively closed the original center through license revocation and federal prosecution. Operations resumed years later under new ownership/naming at the same location.
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice announcements, Minnesota DHS records, Star Tribune, FOX 9, and court documents (2017–2018).
Fozia Sheik Ali was sentenced in January 2018 to 24 months (2 years) in federal prison after pleading guilty to theft of public money in connection with the Salama Child Care Center fraud case.
Time Served
She served the full 24-month sentence, with typical federal reductions for good behavior likely resulting in actual incarceration of approximately 20–21 months. She was released around 2020 (no public reports indicate early release or extended time).
Restitution
The court ordered her to pay approximately $1.45 million (exact figure: $1,449,105.67) in restitution.
Multiple recent news reports (from December 2025) state that she paid $1.5 million in restitution, indicating the ordered amount was fully satisfied (the slight discrepancy likely due to rounding or including interest).
Sources: FOX 9 Minneapolis (2025 reporting), U.S. Department of Justice records, Minnesota Office of Inspector General reports (2018), and court documents.
The DFL and the DNC realized they were sitting on a money-laundering gold mine...
What was that, a wink and a nod?
And they recruited Somalis off the boat and ran classes for them on how to set up fake daycare, in-home health care, non-emergency transportation services, and autism services.
There is no way in hell those low-IQ people off the boat figured this out themselves. Forensic accountants should find the funds going back to DFL and DNC.
11 years ago!!!
“”Multiple recent news reports (from December 2025) state that she paid $1.5 million in restitution””
I think it would be safe to say there was more stolen than reported if she could repay $1.5 million!!!
Thanks for doing an incredible job — you post answered the exact questions that needed answering.
“Multiple recent news reports (from December 2025) state that she paid $1.5 million in restitution, indicating the ordered amount was fully satisfied...”
I wonder where she got $1.5 million. Perhaps opened some new daycare centers and grifted it from the State?
The building at 1411 Nicollet Avenue later reopened under a new name: Quality Learning Learing Center Inc.”
1411 Nicollet Avenue. Where have I seen this address before. Isnt this the same street as the “Learing center” ?
“I think it would be safe to say there was more stolen than reported if she could repay $1.5 million!!”
Absolutely right.
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