On Thursday, Minnesota daycare owner Fahima Mahamud pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy charges, admitting she scammed a federal childcare assistance program. (She reportedly used the money to buy real estate.)
Prosecutors said Mahamud stole more than $4.6 million through false claims to the federal Child Care Assistance Program. Her daycare also collected some $850,000 from Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future program by falsely claiming to serve tens of thousands of meals each month.
Mahamud’s daycare, Future Leaders Early Learning Center in Minneapolis, might be familiar to readers. It was featured by YouTuber Nick Shirley in a viral video questioning whether some childcare facilities were operating as legitimate businesses…