"We have a whole 'nother video coming out about other fraud that's taking place," Shirley said in an interview with businessman and podcaster Patrick Bet-David. "It's going to be a masterpiece because it is crazy."

"It's going to be even crazier because now the Somalis were after me. They were coming, and people were stopping in the middle of intersections, hoping out of there cars," the citizen journalist added. "I had to get security for this video coming out, literally trying to attack me."

In a single day, Shirley and a private investigator visited Somali-linked businesses in the child daycare, adult and autism care, home healthcare, and non-emergency medical transportation sectors. The pair documented what they describe as $110 million in highly questionable payments, noting that many facilities appeared deserted or minimally operational during normal business hours.

Shirley's video prompted the Department of Health and Human Services to freeze all federal childcare funding to Minnesota - and then nationwide, pointing to mounting evidence of widespread fraud. Effective immediately, HHS payments to the state "will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state," Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill announced Tuesday evening.

And now, Shirley is getting death threats:

This is not a joke, they actually want to kill me

In all seriousness please include me in your prayers ???????? https://t.co/L0RpeikVHd pic.twitter.com/DQEK2ZjXe8

— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 31, 2025

Minnesota receives hundreds of millions in federal dollars annually for its Child Care Assistance Program, which subsidizes daycare for some 23,000 children from low-income families. Federal contributions were projected at $218 million for 2026, supplemented by $155 million from the state.

In addition to HHS, Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler said the agency is pausing annual funding to Minnesota while it investigates $430 million in suspected PPP fraud across the state.

"This Admin will not continue to hand out blank checks to fraudsters – and we will not rest until we clean up the criminal networks that have been stealing from American taxpayers," Loeffler said.
Meanwhile, Gov. Tim Walz (D) has mounted a laughable defense against the growing allegations of fraud.