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.
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 narratives tied to government efficiency efforts.
Coristine also revealed details about his current work at the White House National Design Studio, saying its chief creative officer is Nate Brown, who previously worked with Ye, formerly Kanye West, on the 2021 album “Donda.”