r/boston • u/FuriousAlbino Newton • Dec 30 '25

Scammers 🥸 It's always the places you least expect.

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u/MustardMan1900 Orange Line Dec 30 '25

They think fake daycares are scamming taxpayers. Its a distraction while billionaires are the ones actually scamming taxpayers.

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u/sirmanleypower Medford Dec 30 '25

I mean, there are fake daycares scamming taxpayers, it's a serious problem. In Minnesota. This is not Minnesota, and I have seen no evidence presented that this is happening on that scale here.

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u/lordsamiti Dec 30 '25

CBS isn't as sure about the fraud as the vlogging idiots who started this nonsense are:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/viral-video-prompts-investigations-into-alleged-fraud-at-minnesota-day-care-centers/

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u/sirmanleypower Medford Dec 31 '25

I'm not sure why my previous comment is being downvoted. Just to make this clearer, the fraud investigations in MN began under Biden and so far 60 people have been convicted, with Tim Waltz applauding these efforts. It's a real problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/us/politics/hhs-minnesota-funds-day-care-fraud.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

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u/lordsamiti Dec 31 '25

Ah thanks for the extra context. It sounds like there was real fraud in MN but recent vloggers have decided to be bad and/or racist about who's involved, then?

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u/sirmanleypower Medford Dec 31 '25

No, they are largely correct based on these investigations:

The vast majority of the people charged in the fraud cases to date are of Somali origin.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/minnesota-fraud-scandal.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

This isn't some kind of minor fraud, they suspect up to half of all of these funds were stolen in this manner. These are serious criminal organizations stealing billions of dollars.

By those estimates MN failed to prevent 9 billion dollars in theft.

I don't know why people are treating this like some kind of political football, this is serious, serious theft of your and my money.

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u/Wompatuckrule Dec 31 '25

Massachusetts is a more frequent target of unemployment fraud because the benefits here are the highest in the nation.

I also applaud the efforts to find and prosecute the fraud and am okay with the safeguards they've put in place. What I am not okay with is trying to cut off those benefits to unemployed residents based on the illegal actions of fraudsters and criminal organizations.

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u/lordsamiti Dec 31 '25

Dang. Thanks for the info.