Owner of daycare in viral Nick Shirley video charged in $4.6M daycare fraud scheme, prosecutors say

Fahima Egeh Mahamud, CEO of Future Leaders Early Learning daycare in Minneapolis, has been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy related to a $4.6 million scheme to defraud the Child Care Assistance Program. She allegedly submitted over 13,000 fraudulent claims falsely certifying co-payments from families. The charges stem from investigations triggered by an influencer's viral video that led to a federal crackdown freezing $185 million in Minnesota childcare funding.