Federal agents from the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed court-authorized search warrants at more than 20 locations across the Minneapolis area early Tuesday morning, targeting businesses primarily linked to the Somali-American community as part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation.

Fox Newscongressional correspondent Bill Melugin reported thatthe Department of Justice confirmed the operationto the network, stating it involves "court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation." A separate DHS statement emphasized that HSI, working with federal, state, and local partners, carried out the warrants "relating to the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayers dollars." Sources indicated approximately 22 warrants were served, explicitly tied to fraud schemes rather than immigration enforcement.

BREAKING: DOJ confirms to@FoxNewsthat FBI and HSI agents are currently raiding 20+ locations in the Minneapolis, MN area in relation to ongoing federal fraud investigations. Sources tell FOX the locations are largely Somali linked businesses, including the infamous "Quality…

One prominent target was theQuality Learning Center(aka "Quality Learing Center") on Nicollet Avenue. The site, which previously operated as Salama Child Care Center,received roughly $1.9 million in Minnesota Child Care Assistance Program fundsin fiscal year 2025 alone. It gained national attention in late December 2025 after independent journalist Nick Shirley released a video showing the center appearing largely empty during business hours, with a prominently misspelled sign. Shirley alleged widespread "ghost" operations billing government programs for nonexistent services and children.

NEW: The Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis is now "trucking" in children after Nick Shirley's viral video, according to the New York Post.The Post reports that the parking lot at the infamous Quality Learing Center is now "bustling with kids.""We’ve never seen kids go…pic.twitter.com/K578UTvLXG

The center voluntarily surrendered its state license in early Januaryamid heightened scrutiny. It had a prior federal footprint: in May 2015, the same location wasraided by the FBIand Minnesota DHS over allegations of billing state programs for non-existent children, leading to license revocation actions for safety violations.

Today’s raids continue a months-long federal surge into Minnesota’s social-services programs, which have been plagued by some of the largest fraud cases in recent U.S. history. The most notorious remainsFeeding Our Future, a nonprofit that prosecutors say orchestrateda$250+ million scheme to steal federal child nutrition fundsduring the COVID-19 pandemic through fake meal sites, inflated attendance rosters, and money laundering. Dozens of defendants—predominantly Somali-American—have been charged, with multiple convictions and sentencings continuing into 2026.

Other active investigations include:

In January, Federal authorities reportedissuing over1,750 subpoenas, executing more than 130 search warrants, and interviewing over 1,000 witnesses across these cases.

Homeland Security Investigations@ICEGovare on the ground in Minneapolis right now conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud.More coming.pic.twitter.com/0DhyKedSyu

Source: ZeroHedge News