In March 2026, a rumor circulated online that Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky exposed senior White House adviser Stephen Miller for funneling $890 million into offshore accounts through the Cayman Islands.
"What does 890 million dollars of your hard-earned tax money look like when it disappears? It looks like a shell company with no employees, no office, and a Cayman Islands address," a Facebook post (archived) shared on March 24 read. "In a hearing that has since gone viral, Thomas Massie exposed a sophisticated web of offshore accounts and secondary transfers that all trace back to one signature: Steven Miller's."
The claim also appeared in other Facebook posts and on Threads. Snopes readers contacted us to ask whether the rumor was true.
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We first used search engines such as Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo to locate possible evidence from credible sources about the alleged corruption findings. If the story was true, journalists with reputable news outlets, such as The Associated Press or Reuters, would have widely reported on it. That was not the case.
The rumor was fictional. The earliest version of the claim we could find appeared in a March 22 YouTube video titled, "WHO Got Paid?': Massie's Bank Records Question Miller Refused to Answer for 101 Seconds." It originated from a YouTube channel that uses artificial intelligence tools to create inspiring or shocking stories about public figures. Therefore, we've rated this claim false.
Creators of such content capitalize on social media users' willingness to believe and share the made-up stories, profiting from advertising revenue on external websites often linked in the posts' comments. (Snopes has previously reported on the business strategy.)
Several posts spreading the false rumor about Miller's alleged corruption included links in the comments to AI-generated articles posted by unofficial blogging websites.
The posts and YouTube video also displayed signs of AI generation.
The YouTube video included an "altered or synthetic content" label creators can enable during the upload process. It also used imagery pulled from an unrelated September 2025 hearing and an unrelated briefing Miller gave on March 5, 2026.
Additionally, the video's voiceover was often inconsistent with the closed captioning and unnatural vocal glitches occurred. Several details were also inaccurate; for example, Massie is not listed as a member of the House Oversight Committee, as of this writing, as the video claimed.
The posts' text also included dramatic, emotionally-charged language — a common indicator of AI-generated content.
Snopes has previously investigated other rumors involving Miller and Massie. For example, in October 2025, we verified that Miller said President Donald Trump had "plenary authority" — full or limitless power over a sphere of government, such as the military — on live TV. We also debunked a claim from February 2026 that Massie said he had a flash drive with the "complete list of files" belonging to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.