{"id":960,"date":"2026-01-15T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=960"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:35:49","slug":"somali-fake-patient-and-daycare-transportation-companies-are-massive-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/somali-fake-patient-and-daycare-transportation-companies-are-massive-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"SOMALI FAKE PATIENT AND DAYCARE TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES ARE MASSIVE FRAUD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"jeg_post_title\">The Most Sketchy Business Here\u2019: Nick Shirley Goes in Search of Somali Transportation Companies<\/h1>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">\n<div class=\"meta_left\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_author\"><span class=\"meta_text\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/author\/mariane-angela\/\">Mariane Angela, DCNF<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/the-most-sketchy-business-here-nick-shirley-goes-in-search-of-somali-transportation-companies\/\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_category\"><span class=\"meta_text\">in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/category\/type\/curated\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Curated<\/a><span class=\"category-separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/category\/style\/videos\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Videos<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_reading_time\">Reading Time: 3 mins read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_featured featured_image \">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-jnews-1140x570 size-jnews-1140x570 wp-post-image lazyautosizes lazyloaded \" src=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 940px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-360x180.jpg 360w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-750x375.jpg 750w\" alt=\"Nick Shirley\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" data-src=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-360x180.jpg 360w, https:\/\/economiccollapse.report\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nick-Shirley-750x375.jpg 750w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_share_top_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"jeg_main_content col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"jeg_inner_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_article jnews_content_top_ads \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper  \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content no-share\">\n<div class=\"jeg_share_button share-float jeg_sticky_share clearfix share-monocrhome\">\n<div class=\"jegStickyHolder\">\n<div class=\"theiaStickySidebar\">\n<div class=\"jeg_share_float_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\/2026\/01\/14\/the-most-sketchy-business-here-nick-shirley-goes-in-search-of-somali-transportation-companies\/\">DCNF<\/a>)\u2014Independent investigative journalist Nick Shirley uncovered additional alleged welfare fraud in Minneapolis in a new video released Tuesday, documenting transportation companies with idle vans and questionable addresses.<\/p>\n<p>In Shirley\u2019s latest upload he uncovered more signs of widespread welfare fraud while investigating transportation companies tied to Minnesota\u2019s public assistance system, pointing to idle vehicles, nonexistent offices, and businesses that appear to exist only on paper. While visiting a listed address for Dreamline Transportation, Shirley said the registered location was a liquor store lined with mailboxes.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley also documented more than a dozen vans branded with Dreamline\u2019s name sitting untouched for months, buried in snow with no tire tracks. The video showed that the vehicles were photographed repeatedly over an eight-month period and found parked in the exact same positions, suggesting they were never used to transport anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley said the findings raised questions about claims that the vans serve healthcare, childcare, or adult daycare clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these vans are being used to transport people, whether it be healthcare or childcare, there would be snow tracks. And there\u2019s one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 vehicles here. No snow tracks anywhere,\u201d Shirley said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Exposed Minnesotas Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zF2a3aTfA9w?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The investigation then turned to Silver Mountain Inc. LLC, another firm listed at a Minneapolis address. When Shirley and his companion David asked the building\u2019s occupants about Silver Mountain, they said they had never heard of it. One man ordered the journalists to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right, we\u2019re moving on. So, Silver Mountain does not exist,\u201d Shirley concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley said the pattern repeated across multiple sites, with three different welfare-linked companies allegedly tied to the same address. He said these transportation firms play a central role in enabling fraud by creating a paper trail that makes it appear people are moved between daycare centers, healthcare providers, and other services that never actually receive them.<\/p>\n<p>At another location tied to Eponia Transport LLC, Shirley found no signage, no vehicles, and little evidence of an operating business. A neighboring office tenant told him the supposed transportation operator rarely appeared and kept an office containing little more than a couch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there was a transportation company here in 305, for a long time, even before I joined the building a few years ago. He\u2019s never really here. I\u2019ve seen the office a couple times. There\u2019s barely anything in there but a couch. And then I see him maybe twice a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s no transport vehicles outside?\u201d Shirley asked the man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know everybody in the building,\u201d the man said. \u201cAnd this specific space here is probably the most sketchy out of any other business here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Shirley pressed his investigation further, he asked how long the alleged scheme could survive if Minnesota cut off transportation reimbursements. His companion David responded that removing that single component would have an immediate impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow quick do you think the fraud would dry out here in Minnesota if they were to cut out the transportation side of the fraud?\u201d Shirley asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would have a massive effect and that the signal that that would send would let people know the party\u2019s over,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LmIrwjKQQKc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a>\u00a0another video on Jan. 6,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/01\/06\/nick-shirley-mn-1000-fraudulent-medical-transport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accusing<\/a>\u00a0Minnesota\u2019s medical transport network of widespread abuse. He said his year-long probe uncovered about 1,200 medical ride providers operating statewide.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/12\/29\/somali-migrants-stalked-nick-shirley-fraud-schemes\/?utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=related&amp;utm_source=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shirley<\/a>\u00a0conducted the investigation alongside David, whom he credited with supplying research, records, and on-the-ground observations that helped reveal what he called large-scale fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Most Sketchy Business Here\u2019: Nick Shirley Goes in Search of Somali Transportation Companies by Mariane Angela, DCNF January 15, 2026 in Curated, Videos Reading Time: 3 mins read (DCNF)\u2014Independent investigative journalist Nick Shirley uncovered additional alleged welfare fraud in Minneapolis in a new video released Tuesday, documenting transportation companies with idle vans and questionable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-somali-fraudsters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960\/revisions\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}