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YouTuber Nick Shirley Exposes Alleged Somali Daycare Center Which Reportedly Reaped $4,000,000 From Taxpayers

By Harold Hutchinson for the Daily Caller News Foundation, Originally Published December 28
DCNFBy DCNFDecember 29, 2025Updated:December 29, 20252 Comments2 Mins Read1K Views
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YouTuber Nick Shirley posted video Friday showing multiple purported Somali-run day care centers in Minnesota, including one which reportedly received $4 million in taxpayer funds, which did not immediately appear to have any children there.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced the FBI would surge additional agents to Minnesota to investigate allegations of fraud raised on social media, including by Shirley. Shirley, for example, posted a photo of one purported day care center, which displayed a banner identifying it as โ€œThe Greater Learing [sic] Center.โ€

โ€œWe uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day,โ€ Shirley claimed in a viral X post Friday. โ€œLike it and share it around like wildfire! [Itโ€™s] time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable!โ€

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๐Ÿšจ Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable

We ALLโ€ฆ pic.twitter.com/E3Penx2o7a

— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025

The accompanying 42-minute video shows Shirley attempting to visit multiple centers that reportedly received state funds, in many cases not finding children. Likewise, KSTP reported that the Quality Learing Center had 95 citations for violations from one Minnesota agency from 2019 to 2023.

Assistant United States Attorney Joe Thompson suggested Dec. 18 the amount of suspected fraud in Minnesotaโ€™s Medicaid program had reached over $9 billion.

A number of state employees also accused Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota of engaging in โ€œsystemicโ€ retaliation against whistleblowers who warned of the fraud schemes as the Justice Department moved to prosecute multiple federal cases. Walz then admitted the state โ€œattracts criminals,โ€ but demanded that Somali residents not be demonized during an appearance on NBCโ€™s โ€œMeet the Press.โ€

The Treasury Department is investigating allegations that some of the proceeds from the scheme went to the radical Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab.

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Robert Powers
Robert Powers
5 months ago

The same thing happening in Lewiston Maine…Somali run “Day Care'” fraud….I called one after checking address and location…and wa hung up on when I asked questions about identification, names, location and facility attributes. WE NEED ICE & FBI to investigate Maine Day care like these…..Obvious fraud!

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Robert Powers
5 months ago

The same thing happening in Lewiston Maine…Somali run “Day Care'” fraud….I called one after checking address and location…and wa hung up on when I asked questions about identification, names, location and facility attributes. WE NEED ICE & FBI to investigate Maine Day care like these…..Obvious fraud!

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