23rd Conviction in Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future Fraud Scandal
Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News) - There has been another guilty plea entered in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scandal.
Federal prosecutors say 65-year-old Farhiya Mohamud entered a guilty plea to a money laundering charge for her involvement in the massive fraud scheme. According to court documents, the Bloomington woman created a business that purportedly supplied food to customers participating as vendors in the Federal Child Nutrition Program.
It was alleged that the funds she received from the customers was fraudulently obtained from the pandemic nutrition program and that she supplied little, if any, food to the customers. The charges accused her of using the funds to purchase real estate.
Officials say she is the 23rd defendant to plead guilty in the case. Her sentencing hearing has not been scheduled.
Earlier in the week, the first defendant prosecuted on charges connected to the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme was sentenced to 12 years in prison and was ordered to pay nearly $48 million in restitution. The US Attorney for Minnesota says 51-year-old Mohamed Jama Ismail of Savage was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money-laundering charges.
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