Radio talk host Glenn Beck has highlighted claims of large-scale cash transfers from Minneapolis to Somalia, tying them to ongoing fraud scandals involving Somali-American communities in Minnesota.
Key claim from Beck: Released documents and reports show that over the last two years (roughly 2024–2025), Somali couriers carried approximately $700 million in cash—often in suitcases—through Minneapolis airports to Somalia. This averages to about $1 million per day in bulk cash shipments.
Beck has questioned how such volumes went undetected or unstopped at security checkpoints, including x-ray machines and TSA screening, suggesting systemic failures or complicity.
There is no way Minnesota Democrats are not involved in this
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Glenn Beck goes over released documents showing roughly $1 million dollars in cash was put into suitcases and flown from Minneapolis to Somalia for 2 years
Again, $1 MILLION CASH PER DAY for 2 YEARS STRAIGHT
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He has discussed this on his program, emphasizing that authorities (including during the prior administration) allegedly knew but did not intervene effectively.
Background context: These assertions connect to a broader, long-running controversy over alleged fraud in Minnesota's child care and welfare programs. Investigations (some dating back to 2018 Fox 9 reports) have uncovered schemes where providers—often Somali-operated day cares—billed the state for nonexistent services, then allegedly laundered funds overseas.
Some cash was reportedly linked to areas controlled by al-Shabaab (a terrorist group). Recent 2025–2026 developments include federal probes, charges in related scams (e.g., Feeding Our Future nutrition fraud), and political fallout involving figures like Gov. Tim Walz.
Beck has framed this as evidence of deeper corruption, taxpayer-funded money flowing abroad, and failures in oversight—often criticizing Democratic leadership in Minnesota for enabling or ignoring it.
He has argued the fraud is not isolated but part of a larger pattern where the system allowed massive theft.
Scale and verification notes: The $700 million figure appears sourced from DHS or investigative reports cited in media (including recent Fox appearances). Earlier probes (pre-2020s) documented smaller but similar suitcase cash outflows tied to fraud. No public evidence shows Beck personally released new documents, but he has referenced and discussed "released" or newly highlighted ones in his broadcasts and posts amid heightened scrutiny in 2025–2026.