Minnesota daycare owner in viral Nick Shirley video charged in $4.6 million fraud scheme
Fahima Egeh Mahamud, owner of Future Leaders Early Learning Center in Minneapolis, has been charged with defrauding Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program. She allegedly filed false claims to receive $4.6 million in government grants for meals that were never served to low-income children. Mahamud's daycare was featured in a viral video that highlighted fraud in Minnesota daycares, leading to increased scrutiny and her eventual arrest.
- ▪Mahamud is accused of filing bogus claims to receive $4.6 million in government grants.
- ▪She allegedly claimed to provide over 60,000 meals per month to children from low-income families.
- ▪The investigation revealed she filed over 13,000 false claims over three years.
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The owner of the Future Leaders Early Learning Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was charged with defrauding Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program on Wednesday. Fahima Egeh Mahamud is accused of filing bogus claims to receive $4.6 million in government grants to serve thousands of meals to low-income children, but the meals allegedly were never served. Mahamud’s daycare center was one of the places featured in Nick Shirley’s viral video earlier this year, highlighting rampant fraud in Minnesota daycares. According to reports, Mahamud registered Future Leaders Early Learning Center in a federal child nutrition program through the Minnesota nonprofit organization Feeding Our Future.
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