Somalis are allegedly looting America’s coffers, according to a City Journal report published Wednesday. 

“Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab,” Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo claim. 

Thorpe and Rufo cite an anonymous source who alleges, “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”

City Journal cites reports that about 40% of households in Somalia receive remittances from abroad, totaling $1.7 billion in remittances in 2023. 

City Journal claims that “some of this money has been directed to an even more troubling destination: the al-Qaida-linked Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab. According to multiple law-enforcement sources, Minnesota’s Somali community has sent untold millions through a network of ‘hawalas,’  informal clan-based money-traders, that have wound up in the coffers of Al-Shabaab.” (RELATED: Blue State Somalis Allegedly Sent Welfare Money To Al-Qaeda Ally Planning Another 9/11)

How do these taxpayer funds reportedly end up in the hands of terrorist-sympathizing Somalis in the first place? 

The Somali community’s means of allegedly defrauding the state were many, according to City Journal.

Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services

Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services began with the goal of providing housing for senior citizens, the mentally ill, and drug addicts, among others. Thorpe and Rufo claim it was designed with “low barriers to entry” and “minimal requirements for reimbursement.” 

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced fraud charges on Sept. 18 for a score of Somalis allegedly involved in defrauding the Housing Stabilization Services Program: Moktar Hassan Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, Christopher Adesoji Falade, Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade.

heres life in minnesota in 2025

1. my tax dollars fund afcom
2. afcom fights al shabaab
3. the war makes refugees
4. my tax dollars fund refugees
5. refugees defraud my state to fund al shabaab
6. afcom funding goes up and the cycle repeats https://t.co/cLiAzC5oOf

— eigenrobot (@eigenrobot) November 20, 2025

“I want to be clear on the scope of the crisis. What we see are schemes stacked upon schemes, draining resources meant for those in need. It feels never ending. I have spent my career as a fraud prosecutor and the depth of the fraud in Minnesota takes my breath away. The fraud must be stopped,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said in a........

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