Fox News’s Bill Melugin learned that the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations have raided over 20 Minneapolis child care facilities connected to massive fraud investigations.
Melugin wrote on X:
BREAKING: DOJ confirms to @FoxNews that FBI and HSI agents are currently raiding 20+ locations in the Minneapolis, MN area in relation to ongoing federal fraud investigations. Sources tell FOX the locations are largely Somali linked businesses, including the infamous “Quality Learning Center”. I’m told these are court approved search warrants being served and they are tied to fraud, not immigration enforcement. Fox is told 22 search warrants were executed in Minnesota this morning.DOJ spokesperson holding statement:“Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation.”
DHS confirmed the news:
Homeland Security Investigations in cooperation with our law enforcement partners executed criminal search warrants in Minneapolis relating to the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayers dollars.
The raids have nothing to do with immigration.
In December, independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed several empty Somali-owned childcare facilities, including one called Quality “Learing” Center.
A few days later, DHS and ICE inspected over 30 sites suspected of fraud, but also investigated a “little bit of everything.”
In March, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families discovered that Minnesota’s child care agency never verified attendance centers or followed up on any fraud tips.
HHS has already frozen child care payments to Minnesota due to allegations of daycare fraud.
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