Former Vikings captain, Jack Brewer, has opened up about seeing Somalis flock to luxury stores amid allegations of fraud.
As the FBI continues its crackdown on suspected embezzlers in Minnesota, former Vikings captain Jack Brewer is speaking out about suspicious purchases he says he saw from Somalis.
“You start to see a lot of people from Somalia when they buy these luxury goods. And I always wondered, how did these people get so much money in the world? Because if you look and see, that when they come here, more than 50% of them are in a welfare state,” said Brewer in his speech on “Saturday in America” of the Fox News Channel.
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Brewer previously said he saw suspected Somali fraudsters buying luxury cars in his state, revealing what he saw in the halls of his state’s shopping malls in the late 2000s to early 2010s.
“They weren’t doing well in the economy, you always wondered how they got so much money. They’re in the mall, they’re shopping, they’re in Louis Vuitton stores, they’re buying,” said Brewer.
“I didn’t expect that the Somali immigrants who were supposed to come here to flee their country did that well. So I always doubted that. Then when you started looking, it started to make sense.”
Brewer was a standout special teams player and team captain for the Minnesota Vikings. Signed as a free agent, he played in 15 games in 2002, leading the team in special teams tackles and getting his first chance against Green Bay. He was named team captain in 2003.
Back in early January, shortly after the fraud allegations became national news, Brewer came forward and recalled seeing the alleged fraudsters at Maserati dealerships.
“You go to one of them, and they have a Bentley too Maserati stores in Minnesota. I know because I’ve done business with them, and I’m endorsed by them as an athlete,” Brewer told Fox News Digital in January.
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“Now, you go in there, and some of their main customers are these Somali fraudsters who buy high-end cars in a state that gets four months of sunshine and good weather. They drive around in sports cars like you’d see in Beverly Hills or South Beach Miami, all off the back of the American taxpayer.”
The Somali population in Minneapolis and St. Paul we grew exponentially from the early to mid-1990s, driven by refugees fleeing the Somali civil war, with large numbers arriving after 1991 and continuing into the 2000s.
The fall of the Somali government in 1991 led to many conflicts, forcing millions to flee the country. At the time, Brewer was just a kid in Grapevine, Texas. When he moved from SMU to the University of Minnesota, the Somali population was estimated at about 15,000 people, according to the report. Minnesota State Demographic Center.
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When Brewer joined the Minnesota Vikings in 2002, at least 5,123 Minnesota students reported speaking Somali as their first language at home, according to the report. National Institutes of Health.
Now, Minnesota and its Somali population are under scrutiny for welfare and Medicaid fraud, including a $300 million fraud case involving the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. It also renewed national attention in 2025 as convictions increased and the state became the center of attention The Trump administration an extensive “war on fraud”.
“A lot of people want to use race and color and all these different things, but when you start looking at people, people need to come here and work,” Brewer said Saturday. “You don’t come here to rob the nation…
“This is not about race, this is about the culture of the people, the country, who came here, and worked with the American people, these liberals in America taught them to steal from the US government.”
Viking defensive end Jack Brewer works with a group of female volunteers on kickoff mechanics during a seminar held by the Minnesota Vikings at Winter Park in Eden Prairie, Minn., on Oct. 12, 2002. Brewer appeared with special teams coach Jay Hayes to lead the kicking duties. (Getty Images)
Federal authorities raided more than 20 facilities, including day care centers, in Minneapolis on Tuesday as part of a raid comprehensive fraud investigation in many Somali-owned businesses, sources confirmed to Fox News.
Authorities executed 22 federal search warrants in Minnesota on Tuesday morning as part of the operation, which is not related to immigration.
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The raiding center is investigating fraud at a number of Somali businesses, including childcare centers that are registered with the government but are allegedly charging for care that was not provided.
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