Feds launch 'massive' investigation after viral video alleges Minnesota daycare fraud

Federal authorities were conducting a "massive" probe successful Minnesota connected Monday, days aft a video posted online by an autarkic writer connected alleged fraud involving daycare centers. 

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were connected the crushed successful Minneapolis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote connected X. 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to DHS, arsenic good arsenic ICE and the FBI. 

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Homeland Security investigators were portion of a ample probe connected Monday connected Minneapolis pursuing the merchandise of a video implicit the play connected alleged time attraction fraud.  (Department of Homeland Security)

A video Noem posted online showed HSI agents questioning idiosyncratic extracurricular a building, but it was not wide what benignant of concern the idiosyncratic was progressive in. 

Another video posted by ICE showed investigators going door-to-door astatine assorted sites. 

"The American radical merit answers connected however their payer wealth is being utilized and ARRESTS erstwhile maltreatment is found. Under the enactment of @Sec_Noem, DHS is moving to present results," the bureau wrote connected X. 

Still reeling from a $250M fraud strategy successful which respective radical person been charged, Minnesota was thrust into the spotlight again this play aft autarkic writer Nick Shirley connected Friday posted a 42-minute video connected YouTube, documenting visits to respective daycare centers successful the bluish state.

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Independent writer Nick Shirley (Fox News)

In 1 clip, Shirley and a antheral are seen astatine what appears to beryllium a mostly inactive childcare facility. 

The gathering besides displays a misspelled motion speechmaking "Quality Learing Center," adjacent though the halfway reportedly is expected to relationship for 99 children and received astir $4 cardinal successful authorities funds.

The video instantly sparked wide backlash, drafting disapproval of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz from respective high-profile figures, including Vice President JD Vance, Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk.

On Sunday, the White House reposted an X station from Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who called the alleged fraud a "breathtaking nonaccomplishment that has happened nether the watch" of Walz.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has said "Minnesota is simply a prosperous state, a well-run state." (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

During a Sunday quality connected Fox News' "The Big Weekend Show," Shirley said the alleged fraud was "so obvious" that a "kindergartner could fig retired that determination is fraud going on."

"Fraud is fraud, and we enactment excessively hard simply conscionable to beryllium paying taxes and enabling fraud to beryllium happening," helium said. 

Over the weekend, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau surged further unit and investigative resources to Minnesota arsenic portion of an ongoing effort to "dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting national programs."

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At the clip of the video's release, Walz was already nether dense occurrence amid the ungraded enveloping his medication that notably included astatine slightest $1 cardinal mislaid to alleged societal services fraud mostly tied to Minneapolis' Somali community.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the governor's bureau for comment, but they did not instantly respond.

Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton contributed to this report.