特朗普向尼克·雪莉（Nick Shirley）发放1万美元，并启动一项2500万美元的欺诈赏金计划

NewsPolicyTechTrump is giving Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million fraud bounty programby Mia SatoOct 20, 2026, 10:20 PM UTCInfluencer Nick Shirley listens as US President Donald Trump makes an announcement on fraud in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 20, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty ImagesMia Sato is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools.

唐纳德·特朗普和副总统万斯周二表示，特朗普政府将向右翼YouTube博主尼克·雪莉发放1万美元，并启动一项2500万美元的赏金计划，供公众举报欺诈行为。

Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the Trump administration was giving right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million bounty program for members of the public to report fraud.

2025年12月，雪莉发布了一段病毒式传播的视频，声称明尼苏达州由当地索马里社区成员经营的日托中心存在欺诈行为。雪莉在停车场徘徊并要求进入托儿中心，将拒绝入内视为这些中心并未真正照顾儿童的证据。该视频迅速走红，引发了政府的大规模反应：联邦移民局特工涌入明尼阿波利斯地区，特朗普政府冻结了明尼苏达州的联邦托儿资金。此后，雪莉以类似的借口访问了美国其他州，不请自来地出现在杂货店和临终关怀中心，寻找欺诈证据。

In December 2025, Shirley published a viral video alleging fraud at daycares in Minnesota that were operated by members of the local Somali community. Shirley lingered in parking lots and asked to enter childcare centers, taking refusals as evidence that the centers weren’t actually caring for children. The video quickly went viral, triggering a massive governmental response: Federal immigration agents descended on the Minneapolis area, and the Trump administration froze Minnesota’s federal funding for childcare. Shirley has since visited other states in the US under similar pretenses, showing up unannounced to grocery stores and hospice centers in search of evidence of fraud.

万斯和政府中的其他人公开赞扬了雪莉，他此后已成为MAGA阵营内容创作者生态系统中的中流砥柱。他帮助推广了一种在右翼颇受欢迎的所谓“独立新闻”流派，即内容创作者和网红通过与他们怀疑存在欺诈或犯罪行为的企业或个人对质，作为其在线内容的基础。骚扰——甚至移民打击行动——往往随之而来。

Vance and others in the administration publicly praised Shirley, who has since become a mainstay in the MAGA-aligned content creator ecosystem. He’s helped popularize a genre of so-called independent journalism popular on the right in which content creators and influencers confront businesses or people they suspect of fraud or crime as the basis for their online content. Harassment — or even immigration crackdowns — often follow.

政府告诉福克斯新闻，它还将启动“欺诈举报人激励计划”（WHIP），这是一个向任何认为自己目睹了欺诈行为的人开放的2500万美元资金池。政府网站称，该计划“特别强调”临终关怀、家庭医疗保健、日托和特殊服务领域的欺诈行为。一个收集回复的聊天机器人指示举报方：“简要描述你所看到、听到或读到的内容。几句话就足够了。如果可以，请包括姓名、日期、金额或记录，以及你是如何得知的。注明任何你不确定的细节。”

The administration told Fox News that it was also launching the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program (WHIP), a pool of $25 million open to anyone who believes they’ve witnessed fraud. A “particular emphasis” is placed on fraud in hospice, home healthcare, daycares, and special services, a government website says. A chatbot collecting responses instructs the reporting party: “Briefly describe what you saw, heard, or read. A few sentences are enough. Include names, dates, amounts, or records if you have them, and how you know. Note any details you’re unsure about.”

据福克斯新闻和举报门户网站称，如果举报线索导致定罪或重大的联邦行动，举报欺诈的公众成员有资格获得最高3万美元的奖励。但在周二的讲话中，特朗普反驳了3万美元的上限。“如果你举报某人……而你发现了10亿美元，我们将给那个人1%的佣金，”特朗普今天说。（10亿美元的1%将超过3万美元的上限。）“如果是100亿、2000亿、4000亿美元，我们将给那个人1%的佣金，”特朗普继续说道。

According to Fox News and the reporting portal, members of the public who flag fraud are eligible to get up to $30,000 if a tip submitted leads to a conviction or significant federal action. But speaking on Tuesday, Trump contradicted the $30,000 ceiling.”If you turn somebody in and … you find $1 billion, we are giving a commission to that person of 1 percent,” Trump said today. (One percent of $1 billion would exceed the $30,000 cap.) “And if it’s $10 billion, $200 billion, $400 billion, we’re giving a 1 percent commission to that person,” Trump continued.

白宫没有立即澄清向雪莉支付的1万美元是如何计算的，也没有澄清该计划最初是如何获得资金的。

The White House didn’t immediately clarify how the $10,000 payment to Shirley was calculated or how the program is being funded in the first place.

雪莉的方法受到了批评，特别是在明尼苏达州，在他到来制作内容之前，那里已经进行了广泛的欺诈调查。他仅仅因为被拒绝进入设施就指控企业伪造托儿服务，并且——令许多人感到沮丧的是——表现得好像他的视频是该州第一次欺诈调查一样。随后州政府官员对雪莉报道的中心进行的访问发现，这些中心都在“按预期”运营。

Shirley’s methods have been criticized particularly in Minnesota, where sweeping fraud investigations were already taking place before he arrived to make content. He accused businesses of faking childcare services based on little more than being denied entry to facilities, and — to the frustration of many — acted as if his video was the first fraud investigation in the state. Subsequent state official visits to the centers Shirley featured found them operating “as expected.”