{"id":14366,"date":"2025-12-29T14:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14366"},"modified":"2025-12-29T14:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:47:44","slug":"kash-patel-minnesota-fraud-scheme-a-top-fbi-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14366","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel: Minnesota Fraud Scheme a \u2018Top FBI Priority\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90.png 637w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/90-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FBI Director Kash Patel recognized the ongoing fraud scandal unfolding in Minnesota involving childcare centers, adding that it has been part of a lengthy investigation and will remain a top priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Breitbart News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2025\/12\/27\/rep-tom-emmer-wants-answers-from-tim-walz-about-minneapolis-learning-center-with-no-activity\/amp\/\">reported<\/a>, a video from YouTube journalist Nick Shirley went viral over the weekend after he confronted an employee at an alleged learning center in Minnesota that was receiving millions in aid despite showing no signs of operational activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X, Kash Patel said the FBI has been investigating the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe FBI is aware of recent social media reports in Minnesota. However, even before the public conversation escalated online, the FBI had surged personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs. Fraud that steals from taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel then noted that the FBI \u201cdismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe investigation exposed sham vendors, shell companies, and large-scale money laundering tied to the Feeding Our Future network,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe case led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions. Defendants included Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud, Ahmed Ali, Hussein Farah, Abdullahe Nur Jesow, Asha Farhan Hassan, Ousman Camara, and Abdirashid Bixi Dool, each charged for roles ranging from wire fraud to money laundering and conspiracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel concluded that these schemes are \u201cjust the tip of a very large iceberg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2025\/12\/19\/prosecutor-minnesota-has-become-a-magnet-for-welfare-fraud\/\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this month that half of $18 billion in federal welfare funds, which&nbsp;supports 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018, has been lost to fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMinnesota has become a magnet for fraud, so much so that we have developed a fraud tourism industry \u2014 people coming to our state purely to exploit and defraud its programs,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cThis is a deeply unsettling reality that all Minnesotans should understand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Kash Patel recognized the ongoing fraud scandal unfolding in Minnesota involving childcare centers, adding that it has been part of a lengthy investigation and will remain a top priority. 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