Fake Somali Daycare Centres With No Children Pocketed Billions of Taxpayer Cash

[Nathan]

There is zero proof that this story is anything more than a juiced up tale made by a right-wing influencer on YouTube who is not, I repeat NOT an investigative reporter. .

Given the current federal administration's crackdowns on the US's Somali communities in general and the Minnesotan community in particular, their response has been swift, hyperbolic and short on actual evidence.

Please, please, please, people. Stop taking YouTube and Tik Tok garbage influencers' BS as gospel and spreading it as thus. Use caution and double check their claims with credible sources.

Might there be some fraud in Minnesota? Of course. Just as there is likely some in every other state in the union, and every other country in the world.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/f...ting-somali-child-care-providers-in-minnesota

@StarSong , thanks for calling this out. Youtube and Tik Tok's algorithms detect the users partisan leanings and serve up content that a person desires to see. To use an old term , that is cherry-picking at it's most prolific.

 

[RambleTamble]

Some of the articles on CBS regarding the Somali daycare scandal were authored by former Congressman Joe Walsh. Apparently, he's now a reporter.

 

[January]

You are confusing race with ideology. Islam is an ideology like socialism, capitalism, communism etc. and it has no
defining race. The ideology of Islam is defined by the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad. People who support these teachings are called Muslims. You are trying to paint them as a race and that is wrong and uninformed.

not it isnt - It is a religion.

communism, capitalism, socialism are political ideologies, not religions

 

[Jeni]

Pure and simple regardless of groups many out there pulling off scams and fraud and somewhere along the route.
There was HUGE fraud in unemployment in hundreds of millions of dollars during Covid ... I stopped someone using my name and claiming unemployment on a company I had not worked at in 6 years ... state was trying to rush things thru and did NOT even Check that i was working and paying into system at that moment from another work location. A 30n second review would have stopped a lot of this.

Common sense and follow-up are needed. this is NOT a left or right position it is being good stewards of public money. Fraud is my and your money not monopoly money no one cares about.

I think accountability should be on government employees or management if they tell staff to look the other way. Failure should be rewarded with termination.
Make them BONDED and if failure occurs as they did not do the work and follow up ... the taxpayer can cash in the bond and employee can go do a less responsible job.

The " excuses" given on follow-up CBS "news" was simply insane.... the " reporter" called and the folks they talked to said they were "innocent no fraud...."
One so called reporter could solve jail overcrowding too........ just call and ask if someone is innocent. Everyone in jail is innocent. LOL
The excuses given by childcare operators also laughable ....
One spokesman said somebody broke in and" ONLY stole kids' enrollment and their staff employment records." ...I certainly hope they filed a real report and provided all involved with id theft protection etc. lol

The other center that could not spell "learning " said they were only open from 2pm to 10 pm. and the guy showed up too early.... That would not be a full work shift. let alone allowing time for lunch and no travel time between dropping a kid off or picking up child.
Simply does NOT add up.

The other fraud (all over not just Minnesota) it is basic things that were red flags.
Fake medical labs sent in for tests done and they were PAID even when patients said they had never heard of lab or had any test done. A person in area I live got $7 million for a lab whose only address was a PO box ...... COMMON SENSE should have alerted licensing dept ... billing dept with Medicare and Medicaid .
There needs a physical site when lab work was done. Labs are supposed to be inspected. labs have medical waste that would be documented. RED FLAGS so big you could see them from space. They caught the guy trying to leave country to avoid prosecution.

Who was doing any of follow up or inspection...... NO ONE maybe they called them and asked if all is good.

 

[Rider77]

Why is anyone surprised that this travesty was allowed to go on so long. Just look at some of the names that pop up in discussions and headlines. How do you amass a net worth of $30 million on a congressman's salary? Justs follow the money.

 

[RandomName]

"They caught the guy trying to leave country to avoid prosecution."

I'm surprised they actually bothered to catch him ! Good, though.

 

[DonnyO]

@Irishdude …you said it well. Wherever there is something to gain…there are those that take. I do not care to live in a white bread world. My ex’s family sent money on a regular basis to the IRA….another ex was a drug dealer.

What? White bread world?

Whenever you paint an entire group of people as being a certain way it’s racist and wrong.

Racist card incoming.

Make no mistake. None of this could go on without help from Americans and bureaucrats who look the other way. But save your accusations of racism, because I’m over it. And it’s not working anymore.

I agree.

@StarSong , thanks for calling this out. Youtube and Tik Tok's algorithms detect the users partisan leanings and serve up content that a person desires to see. To use an old term , that is cherry-picking at it's most prolific.

So what. I believe it to be credible reporting.

 

[TabbyAnn]

not it isnt - It is a religion.

communism, capitalism, socialism are political ideologies, not religions

The Muslim Brotherhood certainly likes for you to portray Islam only as a religion because of advantages that offers in America. But in reality Islam is a government ideology just like capitalism, socialism, and communism etc. and in Islamic countries around the world, Islam is the government. The only government. And they are very opposed to our democratic form of government. The Quran and teachings of Muhammad contain the laws for civilian government and Muhammad was the governor of his region. Many countries have a separate government and religion but in Islamic countries Islam is the government. In America the Constitution has never defined what a religion is.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

I heard about this on the plane on my way home from Hawaii over New Year’s Day.
Is it really true? I haven’t heard anything on the TV news on CNN. Is Bernard Shaw still alive?

 

[January]

The Muslim Brotherhood certainly likes for you to portray Islam only as a religion because of advantages that offers in America. But in reality Islam is a government ideology just like capitalism, socialism, and communism etc. and in Islamic countries around the world, Islam is the government. The only government. And they are very opposed to our democratic form of government. The Quran and teachings of Muhammad contain the laws for civilian government and Muhammad was the governor of his region. Many countries have a separate government and religion but in Islamic countries Islam is the government. In America the Constitution has never defined what a religion is.

Islam is a religion.

It is not a government ideology.

and 'advantages in America' is really beside the point - Islam is a religion with followers around the world, not just in America.
The Muslim Brotherhood is not representative of all Muslims, any more than one Christian organisation is representative of all Christians.