You know that feeling when you uncover something so blatantly corrupt it’s been staring everyone in the face for years? That’s the Somali daycare fraud in Minnesota, a scam that’s bled billions from taxpayers through fake billing and kickbacks—and it’s not new; it’s been running like a well-oiled machine since at least 2015. The scheme’s simple but sinister: Somali parents bring kids to the center, check them in, then immediately leave with them. The owners bill the state for a full day of care that never happened, then split the cash with parents as kickbacks. It’s theft on a massive scale, and a 2018 surveillance video from a criminal prosecution lays it all out.
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The grainy footage from March 31, 2015, shows a parking lot where parents drop off, sign in, and bounce with their kids moments later—yet the center pockets the funds. “Somali fraudsters have been stealing from taxpayers for years and it’s clear that the entire Somali community is in on it,” the post blasts. This isn’t isolated; it’s part of a pattern where fake centers bill for ghost kids, wiring money back to Somalia for terrorism like Al-Shabaab. The FBI’s surging units into Minneapolis, with “public takedowns” coming, as a senior source told Benny Johnson.
This has been happening for YEARS—why no earlier crackdown? Blame lax oversight under Dems like Walz, whose grants fueled the fire. Trump’s TPS revocation is finally turning the tide. Demand audits nationwide; our kids and cash deserve better.
