Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of seven people accused of defrauding taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs. They haven’t said that all of the financial transactions were fraudulent, only that the vast majority were.
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A final witness for the prosecution in the Feeding Our Future trial told jurors how she traced the defendants’ alleged purchases of vehicles, property and airline tickets back to taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs.
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