Federal agents raided 22 Minneapolis businesses in a major fraud investigation
Federal agents are currently raiding 22 businesses in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of a major federal fraud investigation. Brooke Taylor reports live that the raids are linked to a YouTube video from Nick Shirley, who exposed the alleged childcare fraud in December. The Trump administration has previously suspended child care subsidies and called for full audits of certain child care facilities.
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Former Minnesota Vikings captain and Minnesota Golden Gophers football star Jack Brewer has witnessed many crimes and punishments involving his state’s Somali community.
After previously telling Fox News Digital that he saw suspected fraudsters from Somalia buy luxury sports cars while playing with the Vikings, Brewer saw the FBI crack down on the suspected fraudsters at the center of Minnesota’s year-long fraud scheme.
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Jack Brewer stands with police in Minneapolis. (Fox News, Getty Images)
“The American people should celebrate today. Finally, we have the FBI that is actually sticking to the poor in this country and stopping this corruption that is happening in Minneapolis and the surrounding areas, where they are robbing, literally robbing, the orphan, the widow, and those who are poor,” Brewer told Fox News Digital later on Tuesday.
“Thank God Kash Patel and the federal government are stepping in, because they are the only ones who are going to even try to police this place. Minnesota is not going to get it.”
Federal authorities raided more than 20 facilities, including day care centers, in Minneapolis on Tuesday as part of a raid comprehensive fraud investigation in many Somali-owned businesses, sources confirmed to Fox News.
Authorities executed 22 federal search warrants in Minnesota Tuesday morning as part of the operation, which is not related to immigration.
The raiding center is investigating fraud at a number of Somali businesses, including childcare centers that are registered with the government but are allegedly charging for care that was not provided.
“They prey on vulnerable people,” Brewer said of suspected fraudsters.
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Jack Brewer, former Minnesota Vikings defensive end, speaks during a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 27, 2021. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a press conference at City Hall following the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minn. 25, on Aug. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg; Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
“I believe they go into these networks and pass it on to each other – how they steal from the US government and how they can exploit those people that those programs were created to help. Those people are bad. They rob people who need help the most and turn suffering into their business model.”
Brewer was a standout special teams player and team captain for the Minnesota Vikings. Signed as a free agent, he played in 15 games in 2002, leading the team in special teams tackles and getting his first chance against Green Bay. He was named team captain in 2003.
Prior to that, he was a safety and team captain at the University of Minnesota after transferring from SMU, earning First Team All-Big Ten honors and leading the defensive back in tackles in 2001.
“Minnesota is one of the most fatherless places in America, especially because 28% of their households are single-family households, most of them are single mothers. Minnesota is literally vulnerable to these programs from all these people who have found out how to use the system, and they have created industries of corruption,” said Brewer.
“Many free cities, but especially Minneapolis, have been completely lawless. They will not, in any way, police themselves – at the state level, the local level, or the city level. All they do is allow people to get away with crime after crime after crime, whether it’s violent crime or white-collar crime… What can you do to actually go to jail in Minnesota? It becomes a free for all. It’s free for all.
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Minnesota has been under scrutiny for years for Medicaid fraud, including a massive $300 million epidemic fraud case involving the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. It also renewed national attention in 2025 as convictions increased and the state became the center of attention The Trump administration an extensive “war on fraud”.
In 2022, during the administration of former President Joe Biden, 47 people were indicted. Since December, 57 people have been sentenced, either because they pleaded guilty or lost the case. Most of the defendants are of Somali origin.
Fox News’ Bill Melugin and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
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