After Nick Shirley uncovered mass fraud, especially among childcare “learing centers” in Minneapolis, the Trump administration took action to incentivize whistleblowers and take back fraudsters’ ill-gotten gains.
EXPOSE FRAUD=SAVE AMERICA https://t.co/L1rk367PQf
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) October 21, 2026
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson bashed mainstream media shills who spent years covering up for fraudsters in Minnesota and other Democrat states on Tuesday. He also explained how the Trump administration plans to hold the most infamous fraudulent Minneapolis childcare center and other fraudulent entities and individuals to account.
Ferguson began, “A lot of journalists [are] in the room today. Everyone knew about the Quality Learing Center. They were cited hundreds of times over the course of a couple years. No one reported it. None of your outlets reported it. It took one brave kid and a camera to make everyone aware of this, and it launched a revolution,” while pointing toward Shirley.
WE ARE ALL LEARING THE HARD WAY The infamous Quality LEARING Center is caught in more lies as they received $1.9 Million this year in 2025 and were shut down a week ago according to the Children Commissioner yet they continue to “operate” to try and save face as they have been caught. Also now the Department of Health and Human services have frozen ALL child care payments to the state of Minnesota, they will now only be released when there is proof they are being spent legitimately. PEOPLE ARE LEARING THAT FRAUD IS BAD
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 31, 2025
The Trump administration will now offer a 1% commission on the amount of fraud that individuals identify if it is substantial and verifiable. Shirley certainly deserves to be the first to receive such a commission.
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Ferguson praised President Donald Trump because he “has turned the entire federal government... [to] coming up with new ways to stop this fraud everywhere in the federal government. This whistleblower incentive program is one example, but it's not all.”
Referring to the White House anti-fraud task force, which Vice President JD Vance heads, Ferguson emphasized that this task force directs “the government's actions on this. We created the National Fraud Division at DOJ led by [Assistant Attorney General] Colin McDonald, who's done a wonderful job. They've already been getting huge results for the American people.”
For instance, as Ferguson pointed out, “just yesterday, [the Justice Department] filed to seize half a city block in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with property that had been obtained with SNAP dollars that should have gone to hungry Minnesotans, and was instead used to buy illegally and fraudulently property in Minneapolis. The DOJ, led by Todd Blanche, Colin McDonald, Trent McCotter, have been going after these fraudsters night and day.” McCotter is the acting U.S. deputy attorney general.
For too long, Somalis and native fraudsters alike lived high off our taxpayer dollars in Minnesota. Those days are finally over.