How A Viral Video Prompted Investigations Into Alleged Fraud At Day Care Centers In Minnesota

CBS Minnesota

December 30, 2025

As Homeland Security agents were in Minnesota conducting what DHS Secretary Kristi Noem called a "massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud" on Monday, many of their targets came not from tips from the FBI, but from a video posted on social media over the weekend.

The video, posted by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley, alleged nearly a dozen day care centers in Minnesota that are receiving public funds are not actually providing any service. As of Monday, the video had been viewed more than 1 million times, according to YouTube's metrics, and was seen by tens of millions more on X.

"While we have questions about some of the methods used in the video, we do take the concerns that the video raises about fraud very seriously," said Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families commissioner Tikki Brown.

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