Fake Autism Centers in Fraudesota, Elon Musk's Warning & Will we See Jail Time for High Lvl Officials Week In Review

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Daycare & Autism Centers Fraud
- Numerous daycare centers and autism facilities have received millions in state funding but have no children enrolled.
- Example: A daycare shut down for violations reopened under a new name and continued receiving funds.
Home Healthcare Fraud
- A single building allegedly housed 14 Somali-owned healthcare companies, all billing the state for services that were never provided.
- FBI raids and investigations are mentioned as evidence of the scale of fraud.
Political Corruption
- Minnesota politicians, including Governor Tim Walz and other Minneapolis officials, have enabled fraud for political gain.
- Funds were used to buy votes and maintain power, particularly by appealing to immigrant communities.
Financial Impact
- Minnesota swung from an $18 billion surplus to a $6 billion deficit in two years, attributing much of this to fraud.
- Estimates fraud in Minnesota alone exceeds $9 billion, with nationwide entitlement fraud possibly

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.4	Welcome, it is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Weekend Review, Ben Ferguson with you.
0:09.6	And these are the stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week.
0:13.1	It all deals with fraud in Minnesota.
0:15.4	First up, Nick Shirley goes to the autism centers to expose the massive fraud at these daycare centers as well.
0:23.6	What does this mean?
0:24.5	We'll explain it all to you.
0:26.3	Also, when Elon Musk was in charge of Doge, he had a major warning that this is exactly what we are going to find.
0:33.9	He talked about in an interview with the senator and I, and we're going to play it back for you.
0:38.1	And finally, the big question everyone's asking, will people actually be arrested?
0:44.1	Go to prison.
0:45.7	It's the weekend review, and it starts right now.
0:48.9	I'm not crazy to say this, and if you disagree with me, please tell me why.
0:53.5	If you are a person that is in a
0:56.4	position of power as an elect official you see this video wouldn't the first thing you would do
1:02.1	would to get together with your staff that then we get together with law enforcement then
1:05.0	immediately send out teams like Monday morning to go to all these places and investigate immediately?
1:11.5	They don't want to shut them down.
1:13.2	They want to cover it up.
1:14.8	They want to say, no, no, it wasn't us, wasn't us.
1:16.8	We're not responsible.
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