November 30, 2025 - Over the last five years, law enforcement officials say, fraud took root in pockets of Minnesota’s Somali diaspora as scores of individuals made small fortunes by setting up companies that billed state agencies for millions of dollars’ worth of social services that were never provided.

2 weeks ago - Federal prosecutors have unveiled charges against six more people accused of defrauding programs in Minnesota — adding to a scandal that has ensnared over 90 people.

1 day ago - The ongoing Minnesota social-aid fraud scandal now has state officials and a daycare manager denying allegations after a viral video questioned state-funded childcare centers.

2 days ago - The Trump administration announced it will remove the National Guard from several cities as it increased pressure on Minnesota over a fraud scandal. Follow live.

9 hours ago - Minnesota is facing mounting scrutiny after officials said massive oversight failures allowed nonprofit operators and state-funded providers to exploit federal aid programs, siphoning off hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars meant for vulnerable ...

1 week ago - In a December 18 press conference, Thompson displayed how skyrocketing spending on Medicaid services supposedly directed to children with autism in Minnesota followed the same extraordinary pattern. Meanwhile, Thompson’s office noted that program “providers” paid cash kickbacks to parents who enrolled their children, financed through “fraudulent billings to Medicaid.” · Thompson placed these scandals in their broader context, noting that “14 Medicaid services under audit and deemed ‘high risk’ for fraud have cost the state $18 billion since 2018.” He suggested that “half or more” of that could be fraud, indicating “a staggering industrial scale of fraud.”

2 days ago - Trump administration increases scrutiny of Minnesota's social services programs amid allegations of widespread fraud. Investigations underway.

1 day ago - It is the story of fraud in Minnesota, which federal prosecutors estimate could top $9 billion. A viral social media video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, which was amplified by Elon Musk, Vice President J.D. Vance and Attorney General Pam Bondi, has put the issue into the center of the national conversation, stoking a scandal that has been brewing in state politics for years.

2 days ago - Authorities say fraudsters have claimed billions of federal dollars in Minnesota, taking money meant to care for children and other vulnerable citizens.

2 days ago - Congressional Republicans on Wednesday called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to testify amid an ongoing social services fraud scandal, as the White House signaled it could expand its investigations into other blue states.

2 days ago - The move comes after a right-wing influencer posted a video Friday claiming he had found that day care centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis had committed up to $100 million in fraud.

7 hours ago - As most perpetrators, excluding Bock, were Somali Americans, the scandal resulted in increased political attention on the community, including from the administration of Donald Trump. The organization was founded by Aimee Bock in 2016, and repeatedly applied for grants from the state of Minnesota, but was rejected due to allegations of mismanagement and abuses. In July 2019, months before the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) officials identified early signs of fraud, including meal claims they considered implausible.

2 days ago - The scandal has rattled Minnesota politics and drawn the ire of the White House. On Friday, a conservative active on social media, Nick Shirley, posted a video purporting to uncover rampant fraud in day care centers run by people of Somali origin.

2 days ago - These efforts predate the video’s release, with a federal jury finding in March 2025 that Minnesota restaurant owners had committed $250 million in fraud by claiming to provide meals to children but instead funding their own lifestyles.

Abdimajid Mohamed Nur and others were charged for attempting to bribe a juror with $120,000 in cash. Those responsible pleaded guilty and were sentenced, including a 10-year prison term and nearly $48 million in restitution in related cases.

3 days ago - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that it is halting all child care payments to Minnesota, as the Trump administration has put fresh attention on a years-long fraud scandal in the North Star State.