6 More Plead Guilty in $13M Feeding Our Future Fraud

0:00On March 23rd, five more defendants have pleaded guilty in the massive fraud scheme linked to the feeding our future child nutrition program during the COVID pandemic in Minneapolis. This brings the total convictions to 63. The biggest single fraud case in recent history for the local U.S. Attorney's Office. The latest group includes Ikram, Yusuf, Mohamed, her sister, mother and husband, along with Aisha Hassan Hussein, Sarah Sharif Osman, Shakur Abdinur, Abdisalam, and Fidumo Mohamed Yusuf, all admitted to a wire fraud last week facing up to 20 years behind bars. Prosecutors say they ran fake meal sites in Minneapolis and nearby suburbs, claiming to serve thousands of kids daily. But they faked counts, invoices and rosters to grab federal cash, then funneled it through shell companies and a phone vendor for personal gain. Sentences will follow federal guidelines, with estimates from 15 months to much longer for leaders, and each must pay back hundreds of thousands, to over $1.3 million in restitution.

1:04Two others in this bunch still face pretrial steps. Meanwhile, officials keep pushing forward, highlighting how teens are prosecutors and agents uncovered this widespread scam across Minnesota.