
A 42-minute bombshell video by journalist Nick Shirley and a local private investigator documents an on-the-ground investigation in Minneapolis that alleges massive, ongoing fraud in government-funded social services. The main focus is on Somali-owned businesses in child daycare, adult/autism care, home healthcare, and non-emergency medical transportation programs that draw from the taxpayer-funded Child Care Assistance Program.
Shirley claims his team uncovered more than $110 million in questionable payments to Somali-owned businesses on just the first day of their investigation, as part of a broader welfare fraud scandal totaling upwards of $9 billion.
Shirley and the investigator visited several childcare facilities that had no visible children, toys, or activities during peak hours. Staff could not answer basic questions about rates or licenses. Both were denied entry to the reception areas of these facilities:
- Quality Learing Center: Licensed for 99 children; received $4 million over two years. Sign misspells "learning" as "learing"; no children visible, doors locked, no playground.
- Future Leaders Early Learning Center: Licensed for 90 children; received $6.67 million over two years. Facility empty; staff evasive when asked about child numbers.
- Mako Child Care and Mini Child Care Center (combined): Licensed for 120 children; received $1.3M (2020), $987K (2021), $714K (2022), $1.6M (2025). No children observed.
- ABC Learning Center: Licensed for 40 children; nearly $3 million over three years. Blacked-out windows, no activity.
- Sweet Angel Child Care: Licensed for 74 children; $1.26 million in 2025 alone
Shirley, accompanied by an investigator, also conducted site visits to adult day care and autism centers, identifying indicators consistent with the use of front companies.
If accurate, Shirley's findings indicate a possible coordinated network of Somali-owned front companies structured to maximize extraction from taxpayer programs while minimizing detection, accountability, and the recovery of funds as exposure increases.
Diving into the corporate records of Future Leaders Early Learning Center reveals a familiar pattern. Fahima Mahamud is listed as an officer of the learning center and of multiple other companies, including assisted living and autism centers. The childcare center is also linked to Sharmarke Ali, who is connected to another childcare center as well as a home healthcare company.
The citizen journalist is doing more journalism than MSNBC, CNN, and 60 Minutes combined have done in years, as those outlets often operate more like PR firms than news organizations.
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Reader Comments
Also keep in mind that the "Somalis" aren't taking money from you, the government is.
As I always say, nothing will change until those responsible for importing the hoards of useless eaters are forced to pay back the America worker and then hung.
Clearly the Somali's did not know how to set up this fraud scheme. Who did set it up? Who were the lawyers that knew how to play the system? Follow the money.