"Largest Fraud In The WORLD!" - Inside Nick Shirley's BILLION DOLLAR Minneapolis’ Daycare Fraud Bust
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
A 23-year-old independent journalist exposes massive fraud in Minnesota daycare funding and sparks a federal response that freezes $185 million overnight. As CNN confronts him on the ground, this clip shows the real power shift from legacy media to social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's the power of where social media does today. |
| 0:04.3 | 23 years old, you go and find out for yourself. |
| 0:07.4 | You're not waiting on ABC, CNN, CBS, any of these guys. |
| 0:11.9 | You go ask questions. |
| 0:13.7 | After asking questions yesterday, I believe it is, was it HHS, Rob, that came out yesterday? |
| 0:22.7 | If I'm not mistaken, they came out yesterday and they stopped $185 million of funding to Minneapolis because of the video you posted. |
| 0:31.8 | So watch this, folks. This is a byproduct of what Nick Shirley did on December 26th. Go ahead, |
| 0:37.3 | Rob. |
| 0:38.2 | Hello, I'm HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill. I'm here with Assistant Secretary Alex Adams. |
| 0:44.0 | Alex oversees the administration for children and families. Intrepid journalists have made |
| 0:48.6 | shocking and credible allegations of extensive fraud in Minnesota's child care programs. |
| 0:53.8 | We believe the state of Minnesota has allowed scammers and fake daycares |
| 0:57.3 | to siphon millions of taxpayer dollars over the past decade. |
| 1:00.8 | My office, ACF, provides Minnesota $185 million in child care funds each year. |
| 1:06.6 | That money should be helping 19,000 American children, including toddlers and infants. |
| 1:11.6 | Any dollar stolen by fraudsters is stolen from those children. |
| 1:15.6 | Yesterday, I spoke directly with the director of the Minnesota Child Care Services Office. |
| 1:20.6 | She could not tell me with confidence whether those allegations of fraud are isolated or whether there's fraud stretching statewide. |
| 1:26.6 | Today we have taken three direct actions against the blatant fraud that seems to be rampant in |
| 1:31.9 | Minnesota. First, I have activated our defend the spend system for all ACF child care payments |
| 1:37.9 | across America. Starting today, we require a justification, receipt, or photo evidence before we make a payment. |
| 1:44.7 | You can stop it right there. |
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