$1.9 Million in Taxpayer Money to a Fake Daycare that spelled Learning ''learing''
  • 209 points brvheart

    DHS has failed the community here. It’s absolutely gross that they didn’t shut them down in 2022 when they completed a walk-through. Instead, they just put them on ‘probation’ for 2 years. Look at this letter:

    https://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=LLO_462322

    “On May 9, 2022, when the DHS licensors asked a staff person for his/her name, the staff person left the classroom and came back with a name written on a piece of paper. The DHS licensors asked if the name written on the paper was the staff person’s name, and s/he confirmed that it was. The DHS licensors went into another classroom and the staff person working in that classroom told the DHS licensors his/her name was the same name as the staff person from the previous classroom.”

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    57 points BadassMcGass

    "Failure to keep hazardous items away from children" - seems like a biggy

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    39 points winkman

    DHS: "This is only slightly out of order, so I'm going to give you a warning this time, but next time, make sure you have more made up names for me!"

    Also--why not just ask for ID!?

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    18 points kvakerok_v2

    why not just ask for ID!? 

    That's racist, bro /s

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    12 points Kayehnanator

    I saw DHS was scared to bring stuff up due to being perceived as racist, or was that just the governors office?

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    7 points pbnotorious

    I investigate fraud. To put it shortly, politicians restrict going after fraud rings that are perpetrated by a single culture (this is most of them) due to the potential optics of having "targeted" that culture.

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    5 points Necessary_Ad9008

    just like alleged grooming gangs coverup scandal in Britain.

    I hate how they paint it as ‘Asian men’ grooming gangs, when in reality it mainly consists of 1/2 South Asian nationality groups. My East Asian face is somehow dragged into it.

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  • 147 points NatashaxKaur

    There’s also the issue of collecting food stamps, and spending that money on food for their restaurants and convenience stores.

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    30 points comb_over

    Here is the actual entrance on Google maps for its current record

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/X9CDHydpWZ2LK4PQ8?g_st=ac

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    16 points Personal-Ladder-4361

    Its not even the same building

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    19 points MattinglyDineen

    It mostly definitely is the same building. It's just a different side of it.

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    7 points sonicmouz

    yes it is. the google street view is from nov 2017 or oct 2022, depending on which angle you are using.

    on street view, navigate to the side with the parking lot. the wall blemishes in the stone are the exact same as well as the buildings you can see over the top of the daycare building in the horizon. the side door was moved more to the left, but it's still clearly the same place.

    you can even see those same 3 vent hoods that are side-by-side right at the corner are present in both street view and the video from OP.

    here's a comparison of the two side-by-side. there is no question that this is the same building other than the google street view being from oct 2017 and from a slightly different angle.

    there's even an address on the side door in the video "1411 Nicolet Suite B". googling that gives you all the proof you need that is indeed the same place.

    https://www.loopnet.com/property/1411-nicollet-ave-minneapolis-mn-55403/27053-2702924420029/

    https://licensinglookup.dhs.state.mn.us/Details.aspx?l=1087038

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    -3 points Personal-Ladder-4361

    Ok

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    4 points comb_over

    Look up albi kitchen minnesota. It's featured in the video on the left. Looks like a new side entrance

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    5 points Personal-Ladder-4361

    Well that woukd mesn that side entance is to Albis... not the learning center.

    Also from the Albis photos, it looks like the front of that building does not have those signs like in the 2022 google street photo.

    Boy might be right but clearly that door could not be to the business. It wkuld have to be Albis

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    3 points comb_over

    Possible an old sign for the side entrance before the restaurant took over

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    7 points Personal-Ladder-4361

    Very well could be. The place had over 10 violations in 2025 ranging from all kinds of crazy things. 

    It says they are on conditional license til jan 1 2026 until renewed.

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    2 points MattinglyDineen

    That Google Street View is over 3 years old.

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    1 points comb_over

    I know, that's the most recent I could find

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    -10 points Nahteh

    I guess i dont see what the problem is here. Aside from any arguement you want to make against food stamps.

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    4 points NatashaxKaur

    It’s blatant fraud and misuse of food stamps. They shouldn’t be used to make a profit, they’re for people struggling to afford food.

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    1 points Nahteh

    Ok so not somalis who need food stamps spending them on somali places. But instead somali owners who dont need them? That was not clear to me originally.

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    1 points NatashaxKaur

    Yes. The latter is fraud, not the former.

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  • 66 points MustyLlamaFart

    This is old news from january and it's already been shut down. Took me 30 seconds to Google it

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    44 points AgedCircle

    Good, now let’s get 100 more.

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    37 points JmunE204

    That makes it less infuriating?

    Should we not know that it ever happened since that particular one has been dealt with?

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    11 points MustyLlamaFart

    Never said it wasn't, I'm just adding info that was intentionally left out.

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    3 points _up_and_atom

    Yeah but, like, racism and stuff.

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    25 points Sargo8

    How many millions did this "Old news" collect? Have the owners been deported and charged?

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    21 points CCWaterBug

    Oh, well if it was from January, then we can just not worry about the millions wasted on fraud?

    That news story is insane!  People should be in jail 

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  • 63 points wakatacoflame

    Kinda suspicious that he’s intentionally filming a side door instead of the front door and windows around the corner…

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    12 points comb_over

    You are right

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/X9CDHydpWZ2LK4PQ8?g_st=ac

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    58 points Fifty7Sauce

    ah yes, the front with the boarded up window

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    15 points Sambomike20

    Probably because, as others have said, it was shut down in January.

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    3 points Sunnyside711

    Probably was proving a point with the misspelled sign

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  • 7 points SSkypilot

    These fraudsters need jail time or this will never stop.

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  • 5 points bt4bm01

    Learing to commit fraud and learning can loosely be considered the same thing can’t they?

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  • 2 points Thuban

    Government is just a grift anymore.

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  • 2 points EARTHB-24

    People who still think that ‘governments’ can fix this; my sympathies are with you.

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  • 4 points Odd-Adhesiveness9435

    This kid is everywhere, posting. Feels truly grass-roots-organic💯.

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    8 points chinatown100

    I just met him recently, he’s really just a guy

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    -6 points Odd-Adhesiveness9435

    Just a guy wouldn't b able to travel everywhere, not just the US, I've seen he's an international man of mystery, now, as well ...but then to do all the research, and sooo many uploads, regularly . .there is a pattern here.

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    3 points Jul_is_Cool

    He also is the guy who goes around antagonizing people at protests and other events

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    1 points BuckDunford

    Anyone know his name or socials?

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  • 2 points NateNMaxsRobot

    Welcome to Little Mogadishu.

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  • 1 points Ancapworld

    Government is the problem. We need a separation of everything and state.

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  • -22 points AcceptableEditor4199

    The door that kids are behind is locked. Give this guy a journalism award. Maybe there's fraud going on here but this video proves nothing.

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    36 points Pinging

    They definitely don't operate their facility very well.

    Quality Learning Center, Inc.’s license was placed on conditional status for two years, beginning on June 8, 2022. In addition to annual licensing visits, licensors conducted additional licensing reviews to monitor for compliance with the terms of the conditional license and assist the program in elevating their level of compliance with licensing requirements overall. During this time, when one or more licensing violations were found, a correction order was issued, which includes information as to what corrective action the facility needs to take to come into compliance with the violations. DHS continued to evaluate the nature, chronicity, and severity of the additional violations and corrective actions taken by the provider during the 2-year conditional period to determine whether additional licensing sanctions were necessary. It was determined that no action beyond a correction order was warranted at that time, and the program’s conditional license expired on June 7, 2024.

    https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/62-investigations-underway-involving-federally-funded-minnesota-child-care-centers/

    Lots of violations.
    https://licensinglookup.dhs.state.mn.us/Details.aspx?l=1087038

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    30 points antrod117

    Learing* is what you meant

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    19 points Waffle_Sama

    Wild take

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    -20 points AcceptableEditor4199

    It could be the weekend. There's nothing verifiable in this video. I'm pretty sure there's some fraud going on after a quick search .

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  • -8 points SDMasterYoda

    Ah yes. It's of course only the evil immigrants that do fraud! Get them all out of the country and there will be no more fraud. /s

    Get out of here with this nativist bullshit.

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    4 points CanisAureusSyriacus

    not wanting to be defrauded of your tax dollars is nativist? I had no idea.

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    -7 points SDMasterYoda

    Focusing on the "Somali Immigrants" is nativist. Stupid MAGA bullshit.

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