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A woman allegedly tied to Minnesota\u2019s massive \u201cFeeding Our Future\u201d scandal has been charged in a day care fraud scheme after being featured in a viral video by influencer Nick Shirley, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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She is accused of pocketing millions of dollars meant for children\u2019s meals.<\/p>\n

Fahima Egeh Mahamud was charged Wednesday with wire\u00a0fraud and conspiracy\u00a0to defraud the United States, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Mahamud was indicted for her alleged role in the initial\u00a0$250 million \u201cFeeding Our Future\u201d scheme. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors allege she enrolled Future Leaders Early Learning \u2014 a Minneapolis day care where she served as CEO \u2014 into the federal child nutrition program, falsely claiming to serve thousands of meals at her childcare center.<\/p>\n

In addition to her involvement in the\u00a0nutrition program\u00a0fraud, Mahamud was federally charged Wednesday with a secondary scheme to defraud the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), which provides day care assistance to low-income families.<\/p>\n

Between October 2022 and December 2025, she allegedly submitted over 13,000\u00a0fraudulent claims\u00a0to CCAP totaling approximately $4.6 million. <\/p>\n

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Prosecutors state the claims were fraudulent because she falsely certified that she had collected mandatory co-payments from families, which is a material requirement for federal reimbursement.<\/p>\n

The Future Leaders Early Learning center was featured in Shirley\u2019s viral video,\u00a0FOX 9 Minneapolis\u00a0reported, which showed him visiting apparently empty, Somali-run childcare centers in and around Minneapolis while alleging widespread fraud.<\/p>\n

The video served as a catalyst for an immediate and aggressive multiagency crackdown\u00a0by the Trump\u00a0administration.<\/p>\n

Following its release, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) froze roughly $185 million in federal childcare funding to Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Additionally, over 2,000 federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were deployed to the\u00a0Twin Cities\u00a0to escalate investigations and enforcement.<\/p>\n

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