By FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that the bureau has surged agents and resources into Minnesota as part of a widening investigation into large-scale fraud involving federal aid programs, warning that earlier prosecutions marked only the opening phase of a far broader case.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Patel said the FBI increased its on-the-ground presence in the state well before renewed online scrutiny of the scandal, underscoring the agency’s intent to pursue complex financial crimes aggressively. “Fraud that steals from taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide,” Patel wrote.
The director pointed to a sweeping COVID-era investigation that exposed a scheme siphoning roughly $250 million from federal child nutrition programs through sham vendors, front organizations, and extensive money laundering connected to the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. That probe has already produced 78 indictments and 57 convictions, according to the FBI.
CASE UPDATE: MINNESOTA FRAUD SCHEME
The 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…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) December 28, 2025
Those charged include Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud, Ahmed Ali, Hussein Farah, Abdullahe Nur Jesow, Asha Farhan Hassan, Ousman Camara, and Abdirashid Bixi Dool, facing counts ranging from wire fraud and money laundering to conspiracy. Patel also cited efforts to tamper with the justice system, noting charges against Abdimajid Mohamed Nur and others accused of offering $120,000 in cash to influence a juror. The defendants in that matter pleaded guilty and were sentenced, including one individual who received a 10-year prison term and was ordered to pay nearly $48 million in restitution.
“We will continue to follow the money and protect children, and this investigation very much remains ongoing,” Patel wrote, adding that several convicted defendants are being referred to immigration authorities for possible revocation of citizenship and removal proceedings.
The announcement comes amid continued scrutiny from Minnesota lawmakers. Republican state Rep. Kristin Robbins has warned that some figures linked to the scandal—including at least one defendant awaiting trial—may still be receiving substantial public funds through separate assistance programs, raising questions about oversight even as the federal investigation expands.
She told The Daily Caller that the pattern reflects a systemic failure within state government to share information across agencies, allowing individuals flagged in one program to continue drawing taxpayer funds from another. She argued that without aggressive cross-checking and automatic red flags tied to indictments, Minnesota’s sprawling aid apparatus remains vulnerable to repeat abuse by the same actors operating through overlapping businesses and family-controlled entities.
Pointing to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, Robbins said accountability must begin at the top. She argued that the continued flow of public dollars to individuals linked to major fraud cases is not an accident, but the predictable outcome of an administration unwilling to confront entrenched bureaucratic failures. “This is what happens when nobody is held responsible,” Robbins said, warning that without structural reform and executive intervention, Minnesota taxpayers will remain exposed to ongoing losses across multiple state programs.
Some have wondered if the losses are by design, pointing to Ilhan Omar’s sudden wealth reported over the past few years in Congress. Her husband’s venture capital firm went from zero dollars in 2023 to a whopping $60 billion in 2025.
The story has been blown wide open by a citizen journalist named Nick Shirley doing something the mainstream media has simply refused to do: he actually went to the alleged daycare centers.
🚨 Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable
We ALL… pic.twitter.com/E3Penx2o7a
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025
The mainstream media, which once searched Sarah Palin’s garbage, apparently forgot to do basic reporting this time around.
Over the weekend, 2024 Democratic VP candidate, Tim Walz, appeared to double down on the spending:
No one should have to make the decision between a paycheck and taking their child to the doctor.
With paid family leave, Minnesotans won’t have to.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) December 28, 2025
Estimates have put the money lost to fraud in the Land of 1,000 Lakes to be nearly $10 billion.
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