MINNEAPOLIS — The misspelled day care at the center of viral outrage over the Somali community’s multibillion-dollar fraud scandal shut down last week, the head of Minnesota’s child services department claimed Monday — at the same time that the owners of the facility put on a dog and pony show for The Post to demonstrate that it was really a working day care and not a front.

Tikki Brown, commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, told reporters that her staff found no evidence of fraud at any of the day cares highlighted by YouTuber Nick Shirley.

She stated that the Quality “Learing” Center had closed. 

The Quality “Learing” Center suspected of fraud in Minneapolis was shut down last week, according to Minnesota’s state child services department. LP Media for NY Post

Commissioner of the Department of Children, Youth and Families Tikki Brown (above) confirmed on Monday that the center had been closed — despite The Post observing children being brought into the building on the same day. Fox News

Apparently the owners of the site — which has gotten up to $4 million in taxpayer funds and racked up dozens of inspection violations — didn’t get the memo.

At least 20 kids were seen entering the Quality “Learing” Center Monday afternoon after being bused in. One employee shouted down The Post’s attempt to ask questions: “Don’t f–king come to this area. Get the f–k out of here,” he said.

The day care says it is open Monday through Thursday from 2 to 10 p.m., and the owner’s son Ibrahim Ali showed up Monday to claim all the allegations were a big misunderstanding.

Adults and children entering the Quality Learning Center on Dec. 29, 2025. LP Media for NY Post

The day care center’s manager Ibrahim Ali denied the fraud allegations to The Post on Monday. LP Media for NY Post

“Do you go to a coffee shop at 11 p.m. and say, ‘Hey, they’re not working’?” Ali argued to The Post.

But a local resident said the activity at Quality Learning Center was highly unusual.

“We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed,” the neighbor said.

A sign outside the Quality Learning Center listing the day care’s hours. LP Media for NY Post

The unfortunate typo on the center’s exterior signage, which the owner blamed on a graphic design snafu, became an instant meme, was finally fixed Tuesday morning to include the proper spelling.

After Brown’s comments, the Minnesota child services department later sent around a correction noting Quality Learing Center had initially notified state regulators it was closing but ultimately decided to stay open.

Here’s the latest on the Minnesota fraud scheme:

It wouldn’t be the first time that a day care connected to the Somali community conjured up kids for the cameras.

A shocking video unearthed in a 2018 state fraud case showed Somali parents in Minnesota dropping children off at a day care, checking them in and then leaving with them moments later.

Investigators said the ruse was so that providers could bill the state for full days of care for children who didn’t actually attend.

The parking lot of the learning center was full on Dec. 29 amid the fraud allegations. LP Media for NY Post

The alleged phony day care centers also gave kickbacks to parents involved.

Another video obtained by Fox 9 shows a man handing an envelope to a parent with an alleged kickback payment for participating in the scheme.

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Minneapolis’ child care facilities have come under scrutiny amid an unfurling scandal involving the North Star State’s taxpayer-funded social services, including day cares, in which operators have allegedly lied about steering millions of dollars in government funds to needy people — money that was never delivered.

Dozens of people — the vast majority Somali immigrants — have been arrested in the fraud scheme, of which $1 billion has been found to be misappropriated so far, including $300 million tied to bogus food handouts, $220 million involving fake autism programs and $302 million tied to housing subsidies that never reached their intended recipients.

The day care center’s infamously misspelled sign was fixed on Dec. 30. LP Media

Brown did not respond to a message from The Post seeking comment Tuesday.

Minnesota Rep. Elliot Engen, who is running for state auditor, told The Post the fraud already uncovered — and the billions more being investigated — could only be the tip of the iceberg, claiming the $9 billion figure cited by Assistant US Attorney Joe Thompson only accounts for the last two years.

“We can assume this has been going on for decades. Minnesotans should be furious about this. Americans should be furious about this because not only have their politicians failed them, they went a step farther. This wasn’t an accident. They were engaged in this themselves.”