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Federal Probes Intensify in Minnesota Child Care Fraud Case Amid New Charges, Viral Exposé, by Elise Winland – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote, December 30, 2025

Federal authorities are ramping up investigations into alleged fraud tied to Minnesota’s child care and nutrition programs, bringing new charges and convictions in what prosecutors have described as one of the largest pandemic-era fraud schemes in U.S. history.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Dec. 29 X post that prosecutors have now charged 98 individuals in connection with the case, with more than 60 defendants having pleaded guilty or been convicted. In a separate Dec. 29 post, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that 85 of the 98 individuals charged are of Somali descent.

What officials allege

The investigation centers on the sprawling Feeding Our Future scheme, in which prosecutors allege more than $250 million in taxpayer funds were siphoned off through fake meal sites, shell companies, and falsified invoices during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. …

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