Fahima Egeh Mahamud, the CEO of Future Leaders Early Learning day care in Minneapolis, has been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States after prosecutors say she received $4.6 million from the Child Care Assistance Program and another $850,000 from a federal child nutrition program through allegedly fraudulent claims. She allegedly submitted over 13,000 fraudulent claims to CCAP between October 2022 and December 2025.
The day care was featured in a viral exposé by journalist Nick Shirley in December 2025. It closed in January, according to state records reviewed by KMSP-TV after the video went viral. A November inspection found the facility was not “operating within the terms of its license” and cited it for cleanliness and disrepair.
Mahamud had signed up the day care for a federal child nutrition program through Feeding Our Future — an organization that has since been identified as a source of massive government fraud. She allegedly claimed to have provided thousands of meals at the center.
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