Somali Daycare Scandal Spreading
Buckle up, folks. Nick Shirley’s blockbuster report on massive fraud in the daycare and healthcare industries in Minnesota may just be the tip of the Somali iceberg.
Investigations are underway in Washington State where more than 500 licensed daycares are run by Somalis. Many without physical addresses.
Uh-oh.
Oh, and In Maine, which has a sizeable Somali population, the Department of Health and Human Services just yanked $1 million from Gateway Community Services, a Portland-based healthcare provider run by Somalis.
There are allegations of fraud from a former employee who claims Gateway billed for unprovided services and falsified records.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating Gateway, which probably means the Somali organization will get a mighty tongue lashing and no one will go to prison or be deported.
Here in Virginia, State Sen. Glen Sturtevant is seeking information from the public if they know of any similar fraud.
The fleecing of taxpayers in Minnesota has been known for several months and dozen have been indicted.
Call me impatient, but I want to see handcuffs, deportations, denaturalizations and public officials behind bars.
When he was running DOGE Elon Musk estimated that taxpayers were being fleeced for about $1.5 trillion annually. The Government Accountabilty Office identified a range of $233 billion to $521 billion in annual fraudulent payments.
It’s time politicians stopped wringing their hands and flapping their gums about this looting of the treasury and demand an immediate crackdown on fraudsters and the prosecutors and judges who are letting thieves get away with robbing taxpayers.
If the Republicans want to win the mid-terms, they ought to spring into action and show themselves to be on the side of honest, working Americans. A good start would be by passing the SAVE Act, which will restore integrity to federal elections.
