India, Dec. 30 -- YouTuber Nick Shirley went viral on social media after posting a video claiming to investigate potential fraud in government-funded childcare programs in Minnesota.

Earlier this month, federal prosecutor Joe Thompson claimed that $9 billion or more in federal funds supporting 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been misused. This includes COVID-related funds.

"What we see in Minnesota is not a handful of bad actors committing crimes," Thompson said at a press conference. "It's a staggering industrial scale fraud. It's swamping Minnesota and calling into question everything we know about our state."

On Dec. 26, 23-year-old YouTuber Nick Shirley uploaded a 42-minute video to YouTube titled 'I Investigated Minn...