23-Year-Old YouTuber Outsmarts Pulitzer Winners By Exposing $9B Daycare Fraud
KEY POINTS
- â˘Nick Shirley, with over 1 million YouTube followers, posted viral videos exposing alleged Minnesota daycare fraud during Christmas week.
- â˘Federal prosecutors estimate that more than $9 billion in government funds linked to 14 programs may have been stolen since 2018.
- â˘Authorities including the FBI and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz claim theyâre taking steps to investigate and prevent further fraud.
Nick Shirley, the 23-year-old MAGA-friendly YouTube star with 1M subs and White House cred, took Christmas week by storm with his infamous video from Minneapolis showing an abandoned 'Learing Center' daycareâyes, spelled wrong, a red carpet for fraud. The Minnesota fraud saga, led by Somali community defendants almost as numerous as Kardashian photoshoots, involves $9 billion potentially embezzled since 2018 from government daycare and COVID funds. While Gov. Tim Walz insists he's crackin' down, FBI boss Kash Patel serenades the crowd, bragging about their already 'surged' personnel. Even VP JD Vance hailed Shirley's hard-hitting 42-minute report as more Pulitzer-worthy than Pulitzer winners. Meanwhile, this viral got ICE raiding NYCâs Canal Street for scammers following Shirleyâs earlier exposĂŠ. Honestly, the next expose could be from your local barista.
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Source: Axios | Published: 12/29/2025 | Author: Mike Allen