Tag: Feeding our Future
17th defendant pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future scheme
(The Center Square) -- A Big Lake, Minn., woman has pleaded guilty to her role in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a...
EXCLUSIVE: Metro counties paid organizations connected to food fraud defendants
Hennepin County gave over $140,000 to organizations connected to an alleged fraudster, according to documents obtained by Alpha News.
Ayan Abukar was the executive director...
Burnsville school founded by food fraud defendant accused of misusing funds
The founder of a Burnsville charter school, currently embroiled in a massive federal food fraud investigation, allegedly used his position with the school to...
Congress looks to investigate MDE oversight in Feeding Our Future case
The chairs of three U.S. House committees said they are investigating how the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) “failed to prevent” fraudsters from allegedly...
Dems prime the pump for bill that GOP rep calls ‘Feeding...
The next legislative session doesn’t begin for another three months. But a duo of DFL legislators who represent swing districts up for re-election in...
Judge allows Feeding Our Future fraudster to take 30-day trip to...
A federal judge will allow one of the defendants who pleaded guilty in the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal to travel to Kenya...
Ellison charges 18 in $10 million PCA Medicaid fraud
(Center of the American Experiment) -- State Attorney General Keith Ellison charged 18 individuals with a range of crimes related to a $9.5 million scheme to...
Legislators blast DHS for revelations it had contracts with Feeding Our...
Republican legislative leaders are calling on the Minnesota Department of Human Services and other state agencies to investigate contracts they had made with organizations run by...
GOP delegation says USDA ‘wholly evasive’ on Feeding Our Future scandal
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been “wholly evasive” and ignored document requests regarding the Feeding Our Future scandal, according to a letter sent...
10th conviction secured in Feeding Our Future case
(Center of the American Experiment) -- Abdulkadir Awale, defendant No. 56, has become the 10th defendant to plead guilty in the Feeding Our Future scandal.
Awale, of Bloomington,...