Conflicting stories furthered suspicions of a cover-up at a Minneapolis daycare center as children were seen being ushered into the facility behind an employee cursing out the media.
Government officials in Minnesota have a lot of explaining to do, and the most recent attempt to comment on alleged Somali fraud only raised more questions. While a state commissioner claimed the now infamous Quality “Learing” Center was confirmed closed, some 16 kids were brought in on Monday as one man told the New York Post, “Get the f*ck out of here.”
Video shared by the newspaper featured a man in a red jacket, identified as an employee, seemingly taking his own recording of the media while adults and children were seen entering the facility in the background.
The man was heard saying, “Don’t f*cking come to this area,” and “Get the f*ck out of here,” as a reporter asked him for a response to the fraud allegations.
Employee of Quality ‘Learing’ daycare snaps at Post reporter: ‘Get the f–k out of here’ pic.twitter.com/ZW4HT3TegO
— New York Post (@nypost) December 29, 2025
Speaking with the Post, a local expressed, “We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed.”
As had been reported, independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a lengthy video on Friday that identified more than $110 million worth of alleged fraud in a single day. Within the video that has since been viewed roughly 125 million times, he was heard asking, “You do realize there’s supposed to be 99 children here in this building, and there’s no one here?”
The daycare center in question was said to have received $4 million in taxpayer funds despite having no children present at the time of Shirley’s visit.
With posted hours of 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. four days a week, Ibrahim Ali, son of the owner, defended the absence of kids when he told the Post that Shirley’s visit had come before opening for the day, “Do you go to a coffee shop at 11 p.m. and say, ‘Hey, they’re not working?'”
As for the signage typo that prompted “Zoolander” mockery, Ali said, “What I understand is [the owners] dealt with a graphic designer. He did it incorrectly. I guess they didn’t think it was a big issue.”
“That’s gonna be fixed,” he added while a woman let people into the facility on Monday, claiming, “We don’t have fraud. That’s a lie.”
“I don’t want to talk to you. I want to talk to my lawyer,” she also told the newspaper.
According to the Post, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had visited another daycare nearby on Monday and, upon request, were provided two months of attendance records for review.
Meanwhile, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner Tikki Brown’s attempt to respond to fraud allegations presented a conflicting story as she indicated her team had been made aware that the facility in question had been closed.
“We are aware of a video that’s being circulated that has gained local and national attention about child care centers in Minnesota. While we have questions about some of the methods that were used in the video, we do take the concerns that the video raises about fraud very seriously,” said Brown as she claimed each site had been visited within the past six months in accordance with the licensing process and that a staffer had been dispatched to check them again on Monday.
While remaining mum on whether any were under investigation, Brown contended her “team was notified that Quality Learning Center closed just over a week ago, and I believe the details that were given at that time were around space concerns …”
Shirley shared the contrasting clips and commented, “Hahaha now they don’t know what to do… should they stay shut down or continue learing???”
Hahaha now they don’t know what to do… should they stay shut down or continue learing???https://t.co/3m2LXcp8hO
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 30, 2025
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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