Trump Admin Handing Out Massive Payouts to ‘Expose Fraud’ – Nick Shirley Already Received the First One

President Donald Trump announced a program Oct. 20 to financially incentivize individuals who identify fraud in the federal government.

Trump revealed a new program at a White House event, saying the government would pay those who report fraud and assist the Department of Justice (DOJ) in prosecuting people who steal from the federal government.

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Independent journalist Nick Shirley was the first benefactor of this program, receiving $10,000 in the Oval Office on Oct. 20 for his work exposing Somali daycare fraud in Minnesota.

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Trump initially described the program as granting a 1% commission to whistleblowers on money they discovered stolen from the government, but the DOJ clarified that the payments would be in the range of $10,000 to $30,000.

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The former director of the Minnesota-based Feeding Our Future nonprofit organization was sentenced to 41 years in prison in May for the theft of nearly $250 million in government dollars through a COVID-era scheme promising meals for young children. A young Somali CEO pleaded guilty in Minnesota in March for defrauding $6 million through an autism center scam.

“The kind of money that’s been stolen from this country is trillions,” Trump claimed.

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