Influencer Nick Shirley uncovered California fraud with help of DOGEs Big Balls

YouTuber Nick Shirley has linked his latest California fraud investigation to government data he says was obtained with help from Edward Coristine, the former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) engineer better known online by the nickname “Big Balls.”Coristine no longer works for DOGE but remains in government as head of engineering for the White House National Design Studio.He appeared in a new YouTube interview with Shirley discussing alleged fraud findings and the use of federal spending data.Coristine first entered federal work at 19 with no prior government experience and served across agencies including the Social Security Administration and the Small Business Administration.Before joining the government, he worked at Elon Musk’s Neuralink for several months and founded a startup known for hiring black hat hackers.In the interview, Shirley says Coristine helped him access Medicaid spending data tied to California-based businesses.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The data came from a February release by the DOGE team at the Department of Health and Human Services, which was described in an X post at the time as “the largest Medicaid dataset in department history” and promoted as a tool to “detect” large-scale fraud.Coristine argued that wider public access to government data could help independent investigators uncover fraud.“You are someone who actually went to the places where we were spending all this money and confronted the people and got to know the truth.I think we just have to create more opportunities for that to happen.

We have to continue to open source data,” he said.The interview highlights how online fraud investigations carried out by social media personalities are increasingly intersecting with political ...