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5 more plead guilty in Minneapolis fraud case
Story by Michael Katz
Five more defendants have pleaded guilty in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme tied to the COVID-era Feeding Our Future child nutrition program in Minneapolis.That brings the total number of convictions in the case to 63, the largest in a single fraud investigation by the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney’s Office in recent memory, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, Aisha Hassan Hussein, Sahra Sharif Osman, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, and Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf all pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud. Mohamed’s husband, sister, and mother were among the defendants, according to the indictment.
“I am proud of our team of prosecutors, federal agents, and law enforcement partners who continue to expose the rampant fraud in Minnesota,” said Daniel Rosen, U.S. attorney for Minnesota, in the release.
Prosecutors said the group falsely claimed to operate meal distribution sites in Minneapolis and its suburbs, reporting they served thousands of meals a day to children during the pandemic.
Instead, authorities said, they submitted false meal counts, invoices, and rosters to obtain federal reimbursement funding, much of which was diverted for personal use.
The scheme involved shell companies and a sham food vendor, Star Distribution, used to funnel money and disguise kickbacks, according to the indictment.
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Cool. Now do California. And New York, Illinois, Massachusetts..
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