FBI agents raid Metro Learning Center in Minneapolis fraud investigation

18 articles · Updated · KSTP · Apr 28

FBI agents used a pry bar to enter Metro Learning Center on 13th Avenue South, one of several day cares raided Tuesday in the Twin Cities metro area.
The owner, Abdullahi Musse, received paperwork from investigators and said the center remains open. Neighbors expressed unease following the operation, which follows recent violence and heightened federal presence in the Phillips neighborhood.
Authorities executed 22 search warrants targeting mostly Somali-owned childcare businesses suspected of fraud, amid ongoing concerns about abuse of Minnesota's social services programs and recent large-scale fraud convictions.

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