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Minnesota: Muslims defraud taxpayers of over $100 million, use it to fund jihad terror group al-Shabaab

May 15, 2018 12:12 pm By Robert Spencer

Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate:

“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (Qur’an 9:29).

The caliph Umar said the jizya payments from the dhimmis were the source of the Muslims’ livelihood:

“Narrated Juwairiya bin Qudama at-Tamimi: We said to `Umar bin Al-Khattab, ‘O Chief of the believers! Advise us.’ He said, ‘I advise you to fulfill Allah’s Convention (made with the Dhimmis) as it is the convention of your Prophet and the source of the livelihood of your dependents (i.e. the taxes from the Dhimmis.)’” (Bukhari 4.53.388)

UK jihad preacher Anjem Choudary said in February 2013:

“We are on Jihad Seekers Allowance, We take the Jizya (protection money paid to Muslims by non-Muslims) which is ours anyway. The normal situation is to take money from the Kafir (non-Muslim), isn’t it? So this is normal situation. They give us the money. You work, give us the money. Allah Akbar, we take the money. Hopefully there is no one from the DSS (Department of Social Security) listening. Ah, but you see people will say you are not working. But the normal situation is for you to take money from the Kuffar (non-Muslim) So we take Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”

“Millions of dollars in suitcases fly out of MSP, but why?,” by Jeff Baillon, KMSP, May 13, 2018 (thanks to Ken):

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – For five months, Fox 9 has been investigating what appears to be rampant fraud in a massive state program.

This fraud is suspected of costing Minnesota taxpayers as much as $100 million a year.

The Fox 9 Investigators reporting is based on public records and nearly a dozen government sources who have direct knowledge of what is happening.

These sources have a deep fear, and there is evidence to support their concerns, that some of that public money is ending up in the hands of terrorists.

SUITCASES FILLED WITH MONEY

This story begins at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where mysterious suitcases filled with cash have become a common carry-on.

On the morning of March 15, Fox 9 chased a tip about a man who was leaving the country. Sources said he took a carry-on bag through security that was packed with $1 million in cash. Travelers can do that, as long as they fill out the proper government forms.

Fox 9 learned that these cloak-and-dagger scenarios now happen almost weekly at MSP. The money is usually headed to the Middle East, Dubai and points beyond. Sources said last year alone, more than $100 million in cash left MSP in carry-on luggage.

The national, go-to expert on what is behind these mysterious money transfers is Glen Kerns.

“What we were interested in is where it was going,” Kerns said.

He is a former Seattle police detective who spent 15 years on the FBI’s joint terrorism task force, until his retirement.

“It’s an outright crime, it’s unbelievable,” he said.

Kerns tracked millions of dollars in cash that was leaving on flights from Seattle.

It was coming from Hawalas, businesses used to courier money to countries that have no official banking system.

Some immigrant communities rely on Hawalas to send funds to help impoverished relatives back home.

Kerns discovered some of the money was being funneled to a Hawala in the region of Somalia that is controlled by the al Shabaab terrorist group.

“I talked to a couple of sources who had lived in that region and I said, ‘If money is going to this Hawala do you think it is going to al Shabaab?'” said Kerns. “And he said, ‘Oh definitely, that area is controlled by al Shabaab, and they control the Hawala there.’”

He said when the money arrives, whether it was intended for legitimate purposes or not, al Shabaab or other groups demand a cut.

As Kerns dug deeper, he found that some of the individuals who were sending out tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of remittance payments happened to be on government assistance in this country.

How could they possibly come up with such big bucks to transfer back home?

“We had sources that told us, ‘It’s welfare fraud, it’s all about the daycare,’” said Kerns.

FOX 9 REPORTED ON THE FRAUD FIVE YEARS AGO

To better understand the connection between daycare fraud and the surge in carry-on cash, you have to look at the history of this crime.

Five years ago the Fox 9 Investigators were first to report that daycare fraud was on the rise in Minnesota, exposing how some businesses were gaming the system to steal millions in government subsidies meant to help low-income families with their childcare expenses.

“It’s a great way to make some money,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said.

In order for the scheme to work, the daycare centers need to sign up low income families that qualify for child care assistance funding.

Surveillance videos from a case prosecuted by Hennepin County show parents checking their kids into a center, only to leave with them a few minutes later. Sometimes, no children would show up.

Either way, the center would bill the state for a full day of childcare….

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  1. Shy Guy, Jerusalem, Israel says

    May 15, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    Philistines upon you, America!

  2. Elizabeth Lawson says

    May 15, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    Given all the news over the past many years concerning the commitment, goals, and barbarism of Islamists, AND their hatred for the West, I would have to conclude that this fraud was the result of idiots in office who rejected what was under their noses: that access to financial largesse would be a boon for terrorist funding. There will be more of this sort of fraud until wisdom is focused on who has control of funds like this, what they conceivably plan on doing with it – and why.

    • Asally says

      May 16, 2018 at 9:57 am

      The consortium of evil – your local chambers of commerce, mayors, city councils, economc developers, planners and others are also crooks. They make money on this. Make no mistake. Whenever you see a public policy that on its face makes no sense whatsoever, you can be sure that if you look beneath the surface it will all become clear. Someone is making out on this. Here is one – the “non-profits” which ferry these “refugees” and other immigrants over here and dump them in your communities. Lutheran Social Services makes a ton of money per head on these “new Americans” as the like to cal them. Why, then, should they object if a public policy is used to ratchet up terrorism which will provide them with more “refugees”? And note also, that almost no Christians are rescued by these crooks. LSS and similar organizations are as bad as Al Shabaab, Al Qaida, ISIS or any other terrorist group. They are partners.

  3. Strangerinastrangeland says

    May 15, 2018 at 1:24 pm

    Somalia is crying for the return of all their children.

  4. dhans says

    May 15, 2018 at 1:47 pm

    Oh crap indeed! A friend of mine who is a social worker in SE Minnesota told me about this years ago. Why the state does not respond to this is amazing. Pure negligence on the part of government.

    • Asally says

      May 16, 2018 at 9:31 am

      The GOOD NEWS is that Minnesota has an opportunity to elect SANE leadership this year. In November let us all hope and pray that Jeff Johnson will be elected our next Governor. We can see here what happens when a liberal nut like Mark Dayton gets into office.

      • Marianne says

        May 16, 2018 at 9:51 pm

        I pray you are right, because there is a muslim candidate for Mn. Gov. that at a televised debate on Gov. Candidates recently said “you may not hate muslims, but I can guarantee they hate you”. WTH Mn. you are being taken over and nothing is being done, except “we are watching them”/

  5. concerned canadian says

    May 15, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    lets tell Trump

    no one else seems to care or listen

    • Donald MacInnis says

      May 15, 2018 at 2:09 pm

      Agree. Trudeau certainly is part of this .

  6. Donald MacInnis says

    May 15, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    Wow. Isn’t multiculturalism great. I call it invasion through immigration. All our politicians are paid off to shut their mouths. Treasonous little bitches.

    • Ray_Sears says

      May 15, 2018 at 3:07 pm

      +1

    • Ray_Sears says

      May 15, 2018 at 3:10 pm

      Yes, they are !

  7. somehistory says

    May 15, 2018 at 3:52 pm

    The Treasury Dept or Secret Service should be investigating this.

    It is illegal to send or take money over $10 thousand (if I recall the correct amount) within a given time frame without the proper forms. And when it happens time and again by the same people from the same airport, ti is highly suspect as funding an illegal enterprise.

    And since it’s going to the terror group, even filling out forms is not enough to make it legal.
    The FBI has known for a decade that terrorists from Somalia, members of al shabab, were coming into the country. By now, they should have been rounded up and the smuggling pipelines…of money and terrorists…closed off.

    What percentage of the moslims living in the area are from Somalia and what percentage of those are on public assistance of some kind?

    It’s truly disgusting that they cause hardworking people to fund their goals of taking over the earth for their beast.

    • Fred says

      May 15, 2018 at 5:46 pm

      The FBI has been spending its resources on spying on Trump, they don’t care about this. Or us.

      • Mark Swan says

        May 16, 2018 at 1:44 pm

        Yep Fred, you got it.

  8. CogitoErgoSum says

    May 15, 2018 at 4:07 pm

    The video below was posted on YouTube back in 2014. It’s about day care fraud that was taking place in Ohio. This has been going on for years probably in every state in the Union.

  9. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 15, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    From the article – “…some businesses were gaming the system to steal millions in government subsidies meant to help low-income families with their childcare expenses.

    “It’s a great way to make some money,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said.

    In order for the scheme to work, the daycare centers need to sign up low income families that qualify for child care assistance funding.

    Surveillance videos from a case prosecuted by Hennepin County show parents checking their kids into a center, only to leave with them a few minutes later. Sometimes, no children would show up.

    Either way, the center would bill the state for a full day of childcare…”.

    There were Muslims in Australia who were bilking the system using daycare subsidies. I don’t know the precise details, but I do know it was to do with daycare/ child care.

    • somehistory says

      May 15, 2018 at 6:04 pm

      They also scam Medicare and Medicaid. A “doctor” has a patient who has a sore toe, but the “doc” runs tests…which he doesn’t rally…and bills the government for the bogus tests and exams. The “patient” would get a cut of the money paid.

      I worked for an insurance company some years ago in the fraud department. Some people would be amazed as the ways they find to commit crimes and load up their pockets. We caught the crimes…when they also billed the insurance… a lot more often than the government seems to.

    • Wellington says

      May 15, 2018 at 7:57 pm

      No surprise wherever Muslims are, dda, since, in their collective mind (I believe we can term it “mind” but it’s a close call here), it’s all variations on jizya—Sura 9:29 and other parasitical rot like this.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 10:13 pm

      Yes–this sort of fraud is common all over the West.

  10. Wellington says

    May 15, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    Well, a state that would elect Al Franken to the US Senate is “capable” of anything being pulled over it.

    Also, in the 1984 Presidential election THE ONLY STATE to vote for Mondale was Minnesota. Even Massachusetts voted for Reagan in 1984 and it is no defense that the reason why Mondale won Minnesota is because he was from said state. In the 1972 Presidential election, George McGovern lost every state to Richard Nixon except Massachusetts (N.B., Massachusetts, Minnesota, California, New York and a few others like Rhode Island and, sad to say, the present Vermont, are indeed capable of stupidity on a state-wide scale), including his home state of South Dakota.

    Minnesota? Well then, expect anything. Must be in the water. Or something. Whatever.

  11. brane pilot says

    May 15, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    There have never been ‘immigrants’ like these in the history of the world.
    Never.
    Aren’t we so lucky.

  12. infidel says

    May 16, 2018 at 4:44 am

    Muslims are proven MASTERS OF DECEIT AND FRAUD AND CHEATING AND LYING… We Hindus know that all too well..

  13. Terra Nova says

    May 16, 2018 at 5:30 am

    You all know that all muslim institutions, organisations, schools, mosques, mayors, senators will always betray you and are always looking where the money is going. They have no scrupules and they are not sitting still, believe it, al of a sudden when they think that their time has come they will hit us with such a blow, we did not expect. But we wait, because we keep to our faith, but when attacked, I would hate to be in muslim shoes. But think of this: you create while you speak, and they are creating this whole situation by prayers all together day and night. But they forget, when you pray for bad things all the time, it turns back on yourselves, and that is what is going to happen. Sticking your bums into the air will not help you.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 1, 2018 at 10:56 pm

      No, we are not menacing Muslims–they are menacing us.

  14. Terra Nova says

    May 16, 2018 at 5:33 am

    I never thought of myself I would and could write a piece like that, but I am SO FED UP with these liars, rapist, beheaders, conquerers, etc. I have always been trying to change this world for the good, and these parasites keep on going. Sorry for my language.

  15. Wakeup says

    May 16, 2018 at 8:52 am

    I suspect Mr Trumps pumps are running already but he has to drain the swamp.

  16. anon says

    May 16, 2018 at 8:56 am

    Daycare fraud linked to Somalis has been reported in Australia as well:

    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/baddy-day-care-the-childcare-rort-that-cost-us-millions-20160812-gqrgk1.html

    • Peter WF says

      May 16, 2018 at 9:59 pm

      And also in Australia!
      How to fund “small business” or what? –
      Search “$5.4m in alleged childcare fraud”.
      One link – https://www.facebook.com/MSNAustralia/posts/2001336003412531

      Easy money for some.

  17. Granddaddy says

    May 16, 2018 at 9:04 am

    Come to think of it, isn’t there a congressman from Minnesota who should know all these aberrant Muslim extremists personally? What was his name again? He’ll step in an fix it all up. They really have it on the ball in Minnesota. Nothing to worry about.

  18. No Muzzies Here says

    May 16, 2018 at 10:03 am

    Do not expect the politicians in Minnesota to put a stop to this. They are in bed with the Jihadis. They are well aware of what’s happening. They give it their approval.

  19. CogitoErgoSum says

    May 16, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    If you give something to Muslims you have to be very careful. If you trust them, they will have no problem exploiting your trust to their full advantage because you are just a stupid “infidel.” If you base your welfare system on personal honesty, you will get none in return. No matter what you do for the Muslims devoted to Islam, they will find a way to use your kindness against you to try to make you feel stupid and inferior. Most of all keep in mind that if you see a starving Muslim never, NEVER give him/her a can of pork and beans, because if you do you are not being kind but simply showing your “ignorance” and being insulting to them.

    Sometimes the laws concerning survival of the fittest should be observed and the mentally defective should be allowed to take themselves out of the gene pool. Muslims follow that law … and we should now start applying that same law to them. If they won’t eat the perfectly good pork and beans given to them, let them starve.

  20. Mary says

    May 16, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    Obama and the UN dumped these so-called refugees here and look what happened. We have enough problems without importing more.

  21. Battle says

    May 17, 2018 at 5:33 am

    Bust them or pray the cash and suitcases with pork fat.

  22. Battle says

    May 17, 2018 at 5:34 am

    Typo: spray

  23. Ray Jarman says

    May 17, 2018 at 1:33 pm

    Maybe Tucker Carlson reported this maleficence on his prime time program on Fox News, more people will be forced to examine the situation. It take a lot of outside influence, especially the Treasury Department, to force Minnesota to take action; after all, this is the state of Keith Ellison and former governor Jesse Ventura.

  24. gravenimage says

    Jul 1, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    Minnesota: Muslims defraud taxpayers of over $100 million, use it to fund jihad terror group al-Shabaab
    …………………….

    I’m shocked, shocked! Oh…wait…no, I’m not…

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