Minnesota’s daycare fraud is national news thanks to Nick Shirley’s investigative work and viral YouTube videos. While this news shocked many, MN conservatives in the political trenches like Action 4 Liberty knew about childcare fraud for years and years, including our petition to defund CCAP! Now that reality can no longer be denied, fraudsters who misused tax dollars must be held accountable.

In a recent case, the individual who received the MOST tax dollars for childcare just pleaded guilty in Minnesota federal court to the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States. This individual, Fahima Mahamud, admitted guilt to $4.6 Million worth of daycare fraud. Mahamud ran the Future Leaders Early Learning Center in Minneapolis and was previously charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal.  See below:

Daycare fraudster pleads guilty in Minnesota federal court. pic.twitter.com/tetfN8cKsV

— Lou Raguse (@LouNewsMan) July 9, 2026

Of the $4.6 Million in fraud, about $3.7 Million came from Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). CCAP spending has increased in recent years and has led to uncontrollable fraud. This is not just the fault of Democrats, this is also the fault of big government RINOs who funded Islamic fraudster migrants with your tax dollars.

The most recent child care fraud funding passed legislatively was last year in our most recent budget year, 2025. One bill that was debated and passed was HF2435. This bill funded abortion, Planned Parenthood, and increased child care spending from the Democrat levels of the 2023 trifecta. Despite Republicans talking tough on fraud, they failed to deliver despite controlling the State House. See increase in spending below:

All 33 Republicans in the State Senate voted against HF2435 but 29 RINOs joined Democrats to pass the unconstitutional, abortion and fraud funding omnibus bill. The bill was not passed by the legislative deadline and a special session occurred. In the special session, the bill was renumbered as HF2. Following pressure from A4L and our supporters, only 22 Republicans joined Democrats to pass this extreme wasteful spending. Those 22 RINOs include:

Paul Anderson (12A), Dave Baker (16B), Greg Davids (26B), Lisa Demuth (13A), Josh Heintzeman (6B), Spencer Igo (7A), Ron Kresha (10A), Andrew Myers (45A), Danny Nadeau (34A), Jim Nash (48A), Harry Niska (31A), Aaron Repinksi (26A), Joe Schomacker (21A), Erica Schwartz (18A), Peggy Scott (31B), Tom Sexton (19B), Roger Skraba (3A), Terry Stier (22B), Paul Torkelson (15B), Cal Warwas (7B), Nolan West (32A), and Natalie Zeleznikar (3B).

While RINOs have failed to take action on this issue, Senator Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) introduced a bill that would abolish and defund the fraudulent CCAP program. While in the legislature in 2021, A4L President Erik Mortensen also introduced a bill (HF145) to eliminate and defund CCAP and child care fraud.

The fraud is undeniable and the Uniparty has brought us here. Action 4 Liberty has sounded the alarm since 2019 on child care fraud yet RINOs like Lisa Demuth have blocked the efforts to do away with the Socialist program.

Action 4 Liberty will remain a consistent, principled voice for limited government. Minnesota’s fraud scandal is enabled by crooked politicians passing bloated, unconstitutional, and fraud-filled omnibus bills. A4L will never waiver and will continue to provide Patriots with liberty based reporting that cannot be found anywhere else.