Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials have frozen federal child care funding to Minnesota amid accusations of fraud in that state and others.
HHS officials announced the action on Tuesday and credited a viral video that suggests rampant fraud is occurring at Minnesota child care centers that provide daycare services for few, if any, children.
"You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade," said Jim O'Neill, HHS deputy secretary, in a social media post on Tuesday.
In response to the "blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country," O'Neill said HHS officials have taken three actions.
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