Patriot Brief
What Happened: Investigators allege Minnesota paid billions to child care and transport companies that may not have provided real services.
Why It Matters: The claims point to massive government oversight failures and a potential historic loss of taxpayer funds.
Bottom Line: Lawmakers now face mounting pressure to explain how the system broke and who will be held accountable.
Minnesota is facing fresh scrutiny over what investigators and watchdogs describe as a staggering breakdown in government oversight, as allegations mount that billions of taxpayer dollars were siphoned off through fraudulent Somali-ran businesses operating under state-funded welfare programs.
The controversy has exploded online after an X video shared by commentator Nick Shirley spotlighted claims from an independent investigator who says the fraud could total as much as $8 billion. If true, that figure would place the scandal among the largest public fraud cases in U.S. history and raise serious questions about how state agencies allowed it to happen.
The craziest part? The government KNOWS. This is the very state being run by Tim Walz, enabling organized crime.
He details it all in this video:
At the center of the allegations are child care centers and non-emergency medical transportation companies that received public funds while allegedly providing little or no actual service. An investigator named David, who has been examining the issue for years, says he repeatedly observed licensed child care facilities with no children present and transportation companies whose vehicles drove around without passengers.
According to David, many of the businesses were approved and paid with minimal verification. He claims state agencies rarely checked whether services billed to taxpayers were ever delivered, instead issuing payments based largely on paperwork alone.
Records reviewed by independent researchers reportedly show dozens of companies registered to the same addresses, with some buildings housing more than a dozen separate health or child care entities. Critics say this clustering, combined with the absence of real operations, points to systemic abuse rather than isolated misconduct.
The alleged fraud centers on programs like Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program and non-emergency medical transportation reimbursements, both funded by a mix of state and federal dollars. While officials insist safeguards exist, critics argue those safeguards failed spectacularly.
Beyond the financial loss, the scandal has fueled outrage over accountability. Lawmakers are now under pressure to explain how such massive sums could flow out the door with so little scrutiny and what reforms will be put in place to ensure taxpayers are not left holding the bill again.
