YouTuber Nick Shirley Exposes Alleged Somali Daycare Center Which Reportedly Reaped $4 Million From Taxpayers
Overview: A viral 42-minute video by YouTuber Nick Shirley alleges widespread fraud at several purported Somali-run child-care centers in Minnesota,including one that he says received about $4 million in taxpayer funds yet appeared to have no children on site. shirley claimed his crew “uncovered over $110,000,000 in one day,” and posted photos and footage of empty facilities and a banner reading “The Greater Learing Center.” FBI Director Kash Patel announced a surge of agents to Minnesota to probe fraud allegations circulating on social media. Local reporting cited one center, the Quality learning Center, as having dozens of regulatory citations from 2019-2023.Separately, an Assistant U.S. Attorney suggested suspected Medicaid fraud in Minnesota could total over $9 billion, and some state employees have accused Gov. Tim Walz of retaliating against whistleblowers; Walz acknowledged the state “attracts criminals” but warned against demonizing Somali residents. The Treasury Department is reportedly investigating claims that some illicit proceeds may have been funneled to the extremist group Al-shabaab.
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 “The Greater Learing[[sic]Center.”
“We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day,” Shirley claimed in a viral X post Friday. “Like it and it around like wildfire! [It’s] time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable!”
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
We ALL… 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 Minnesota’s Medicaid program had reached over $9 billion.
A number of state employees also accused Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota of engaging in “systemic” retaliation against whistleblowers who warned of the fraud schemes as the Justice Department moved to prosecute multiple federal cases. Walz then admitted the state “attracts criminals,” but demanded that Somali residents not be demonized during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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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