FBI surged resources to MN over daycare fraud claims: Kash Patel

The FBI went into overdrive to investigate suspected Medicaid fraud at more than a dozen Minnesota social services, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.

The FBI went into overdrive to investigate suspected fraud at nearly a dozen Minnesota social services after a YouTube video purporting to show day care facilities that aren’t operational but receiving state and federal funding went viral over the weekend.

FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that he was aware of the video, created by right-wing influencer Nick Shirley, but insisted the FBI had already “surged” investigative resources and personnel to Minnesota as part of its ongoing fraud investigation that has largely targeted Somali immigrants.

“The FBI believes this is just the tip of a very large iceberg,” Patel posted Sunday on X.

Meanwhile, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s office defended its ongoing efforts to crack down on fraud when it was asked about the video.

“The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action,” a spokesperson for the governor’s office said in an email. “He has strengthened oversight — including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed.”