{"id":2526253,"date":"2025-12-29T15:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-business-administration-blocks-all-grants-to-minnesota-amid-shocking-somali-fraud-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:15:39","slug":"small-business-administration-blocks-all-grants-to-minnesota-amid-shocking-somali-fraud-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-business-administration-blocks-all-grants-to-minnesota-amid-shocking-somali-fraud-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Administration Blocks All Grants to Minnesota Amid Shocking Somali Fraud Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmall-business-administration-blocks-all-grants-to-minnesota-amid-shocking-somali-fraud-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2526253&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article, published on a conservative site, describes an alleged large-scale fraud scheme tied to Minnesota&#8217;s Somali community and urges that 2026 be &#8220;the year of the arrests.&#8221; It cites conservative podcaster Benny Johnson and autonomous journalist Nick Shirley, whose 42-minute video reportedly exposed over $110 million in one day and amassed millions of views. The piece claims SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler has responded by freezing and clawing back all SBA grants to Minnesota, saying the agency found roughly $500 million in fraud &#8220;within days.&#8221; An Assistant U.S. Attorney is quoted estimating Minnesota Medicaid fraud could reach as high as $9 billion; both Loeffler and that official describe the activity as &#8220;industrial-scale.&#8221; The article blames state leadership (including Gov. Tim Walz), calls for mass arrests, prosecutions, and deportations, and frames the matter as an urgent taxpayer-protection issue. It is presented as an expos\u00e9 and call to action; the piece also notes the examination is ongoing and the alleged figures and claims have not been finalized in court.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Supporters of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Make America Great Again movement have shown patience, but the time for results has come.<\/p>\n<p>In short, we must make 2026 the year of the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, conservative podcaster Benny Johnson reported that Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration, has cut off all SBA grants to Minnesota amid that state&rsquo;s outrageous fraud scandal, much of it involving the state&rsquo;s Somali community, which investigative journalist Nick Shirley further exposed in a 42-minute video posted to X on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler tells me she is &lsquo;disgusted and sickened&rsquo; by Nick Shirley&rsquo;s expose of Somali small business fraud and is taking immediate action,&rdquo; Johnson wrote. &ldquo;SBA is cutting off and clawing back ALL SBA grants to Minnesota, effective immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Johnson, Loeffler blamed Democratic Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tim-walz-tries-make-somali-fraud-scandal-seem-perfectly-normal-blames-trump-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a> of Minnesota. She also indicated that &ldquo;within days&rdquo; SBA had found $500 million in fraud.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Best of all, Loeffler told Johnson that &ldquo;state officials&rdquo; who built an &ldquo;industrial-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socal-gop-group-calls-for-gov-newsom-to-resign\/\" title=\"SoCal GOP group calls for Gov. Newsom to resign\">crime ring<\/a>&rdquo; will not escape justice.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no one yet knows the precise scale of that &ldquo;crime ring.&rdquo; While the investigation continues, however, the SBA will protect American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The scope of this international scam is still unknown, likely in the billions,&rdquo; Loeffler told Johnson. &ldquo;Pending further review, SBA is freezing all grant funding to the state in order to stop the rampant waste of taxpayer dollars and uncover the full depth of fraud.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: The Small Business Administration Drops HAMMER on Somali Fraud, Cuts Off All Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler tells me she is &ldquo;disgusted and sickened&rdquo; by Nick Shirley&rsquo;s expose of Somali small business fraud and is taking immediate action. SBA is cutting off&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UO9QU2lk56\">pic.twitter.com\/UO9QU2lk56<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/2005410711372017733?\">December 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shirley&rsquo;s Friday video blew the lid off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minnesota-dem-throws-hijab-pander-somali-migrants-amid-massive-somali-fraud-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fraud<\/a> scandal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and  it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable,&rdquo; the young journalist wrote.<\/p>\n<p>To say that the video spread &ldquo;like wildfire,&rdquo; as Shirley hoped, would qualify as a massive understatement. In fact, as of Monday morning, that incredible piece of journalism had more than 114 million views on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; 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  it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable<\/p>\n<p>We ALL&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3Penx2o7a\">pic.twitter.com\/E3Penx2o7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickshirleyy\/status\/2004642794862961123?\">December 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The more American taxpayers learn about the details, the hotter and faster their blood should boil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/youtuber-nick-shirley-exposes-alleged-somali-daycare-center-reportedly-reaped-4000000-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shirley<\/a>, for instance, tried to visit several state-supported &ldquo;day care&rdquo; facilities in the Somali community. But he found no children present.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Assistant United States Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/somali-scammers-may-stole-enough-minnesota-medicaid-funds-match-somalias-gdp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Thompson<\/a> estimated that the fraud in Minnesota&rsquo;s Medicaid system could reach as high as $9 billion, a figure that would represent roughly 75 percent of Somalia&rsquo;s entire 2024 GDP.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bad actors committing crimes<\/a>,&rdquo; Thompson said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s staggering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-9-billion-looted-from-minnesota-medicaid-programs-in-massive-fraud-scheme-feds\/\" title=\"Over  Billion Looted from Minnesota Medicaid Programs in Massive ... 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