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MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - For five months, Fox 9 has been investigating what appears to be rampant fraud in a massive state program. This fraud is suspected of costing Minnesota taxpayers as much as $100 million a year. The Fox 9 Investigators reporting is based on public records and nearly a dozen government sources who have direct knowledge of what is happening. These sources have a deep fear, and there is evidence to support their concerns, that some of that public money is ending up in the hands of terrorists. SUITCASES FILLED WITH MONEY This story begins at Minneapolis-St. Paul International...

In this video, we break down the growing questions surrounding Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the documented connections between his wife’s former lobbying firm and the infamous Feeding Our Future fraud case — a $250 million scandal that rocked Minnesota. As Mayor Frey goes on a national media blitz attacking the Trump administration, opposing ICE operations, and warning about federal overreach, Minnesota is once again facing uncomfortable headlines: multiple ICE-involved shootings, escalating protests, lawsuits against the federal government, and renewed scrutiny of past fraud cases involving Somali-run nonprofits.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state "doesn't need any further help from the federal government" after federal officials reported a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis.

Minnesota governor Tim Walz (D.) suggested the federal prosecutor behind the Somali fraud convictions in the state should be fired, accusing him of “defamation” for providing an estimate of the total amount defrauded from Medicaid programs. “You saw a U.S. attorney stand up, which … would have been let go by any other administration, speculating about things with no factual information,” Walz said Tuesday. “That’s defamation … and that’s coming from the attorney. We are under assault like no other time in our state’s history because of a petty, vile administration that doesn’t care about the well-being of Minnesotans.” Walz...

You know how the Somali childcare fraud has been a big thing, kind of an open secret in Minnesota for years now? Well, not only has this been happening for at least a decade, but, according to this report, the state has known about it for at least that long. Check out these receipts from Maze on X detailing a nine-year-old investigation into the fraud at Minnesota's Child Care Assistance Program -- an investigation that went nowhere. The Minnesota child care fraud saga is so strange because years ago it was fully investigated, documented, and reported on by a team...

Walter Curt @wcdispatch This is the listed location of the auditing firm that performed the audits for both the Minnesota and Ohio on the NGOs we have linked to potential fraud. You cannot make this stuff

The plea agreement calls for a stay-of-imposition on the felony sentence, meaning no prison time, and the conviction level will drop to a misdemeanor upon successful completion of five years' probation.... ...Spoolman’s case is being prosecuted by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office....

Minnesota-based organizations that receive government grants are also raising money through ActBlue, the same platform synonymous with Democratic campaign fundraising. These donations are run through ActBlue Charities, the platform’s 501(c)(3) “charitable giving” arm. But these groups are still tapping the ActBlue infrastructure, branding, and donor rails while simultaneously drawing down taxpayer funds. This revelation comes as authorities have started investigating troves of financial fraud plaguing Minnesota-based NGOs and daycare centers run by Somali migrants. The newfound ActBlue ties adds a political dimension to this scandal. The following Minnesota groups are listed on ActBlue’s directory: Sabathani Community Center Isuroon Alight African...

Bill Glahn, policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, discusses the SBA's efforts to crack down on fraud in Minnesota and concerns that the state's new paid leave legislation could set up new fraud opportunities.

This may explain why the Somali population in Minnesota believe they can steal several billion from taxpayers for fake childcare and adult care assistance. A month ago, Minneapolis Police Chief O’Hara apologized to the Somali community after the billion dollar fraud was discovered. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara: The Somali community here in Minneapolis has been welcoming and has shown love towards me and I appreciate it. Over the last three years we have been working together to try and address some of the real serious problems that we have in our community. We have to be honest at times...

The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime. “My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused of fraud with little to no fact-checking,” State AG Nick Brown stated. “We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers. Showing up on someone’s porch, threatening, or harassing them isn’t...

As grand jury investigations begin, the alleged wrongdoers may find that a criminal court finds them guilty as charged. American Thinker readers are familiar with the criminal conspiracy or coup to unseat a duly elected president. John Solomon of Just the News just let the cat out of the bag with his breaking interview about ...a “slam dunk” conspiracy case to prosecute former federal agents and prosecutors for election meddling for relentlessly pursuing Donald Trump for political purposes... Solomon has validated my investigative reporting since 2019. I contend that the acts of the Democratic Party, Deep State, New World Order/WEF...

The Trump administration is freezing child care funding to the state of Minnesota in response to a viral video that purports to expose extensive fraud by federally funded day care centers. Nick Shirley, a 23-year-old self-described "independent YouTube journalist," posted the 42-minute video on X and YouTube the day after Christmas. In it, he and an older man — identified only as "David" — visit various seemingly empty day care centers, bombarding Somali employees with questions and accusing them of not providing services to any children despite receiving public funds. The pair claim to have exposed over $110 million in...

We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota. You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade. Today we have taken three actions against the blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country: 1. I have activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state. 2. Alex Adams...

The Trump administration is cutting off all childcare payments to Minnesota and demanding a comprehensive audit of the state’s day care centers as a mushrooming billion-dollar fraud scandal engulfs the state’s human services department. “We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota,” Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Jim O’Neill wrote on X Tuesday afternoon, days after a viral video investigating alleged fraud at day care centers in the state drew national attention. O’Neill said Minnesota has “funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade,” and outlined three actions the...

YouTuber Nick Shirley returned Tuesday to one of the day care centers he profiled in a now viral video that accused the centers of millions of dollars in fraud. Shirley back in MinneapolisWhat we know: Shirley returned to the Quality Learning Center on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Tuesday afternoon as FOX 9 cameras were at the center. The center, which was mocked for having signage that misspelled learning as "Learing," appeared to have worked to fix its sign since the video was posted. Shirley was accompanied by the investigator featured in his YouTube video who had pulled records on...

Local report from 2013 exposed Somali daycare fraud in Minneapolis, showing the sham centers earned millions per year with parents falsifying work records to receive even more cash. TV station went undercover Money meant for food was funneled to a restaurant who used the funds to possibly support Terrorism

A new investigative report has uncovered daycare fraud undertaken by Somalis in Washington State. A resident living at a home registered as a daycare center in the state told reporters, when confronted that there has never been such a business there. Video showed journalist Cam Higby sending a decoy up to the home that is listed as housing the business "Dhagash Childcare," with Higby saying that his decoy heard "rustling around on the other side of the Ring camera, as if they were listening to her but not responding." Journalist Jonathan Choe said he also went to the house with...

The Department of Health and Human Services has frozen all federal child care payments to the state of Minnesota amid a far-reaching fraud scandal that has unfolded in the state. HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill announced on Tuesday evening that three actions have been taken amid " serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade." O’Neill said he has "activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence...

Minneapolis and its moonbat mayor.