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Fraud in Minnesota

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What's the deal with fraud in Minnesota? The Feeding Our Future scandal, explained.

Fraud in Minnesota has become a flashpoint for incendiary comments about Somali-Americans by President Donald Trump, as well as a sticking point in the 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election. It's also resulted in a fair bit of misinformation and disinformation in the news.

First Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced gets 12 years

First Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced gets 12 years

A federal judge Tuesday handed a 12-year prison term to the first defendant in the Feeding Our Future case to be sentenced. Mohamed Jama Ismail, the former co-owner of Empire Cuisine & Market in Shakopee, is one of five people convicted in June of stealing tens of millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs.
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Fearing obstruction, feds seek pause in Feeding Our Future civil suit ahead of criminal trial

Fearing obstruction, feds seek pause in Feeding Our Future civil suit ahead of criminal trial

A Ramsey County judge on Thursday agreed to put a key part of a Feeding Our Future civil case on hold after the federal prosecutor leading a related criminal case argued that the suit could interfere with an upcoming criminal trial.
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Fraud investigation targets priest’s alleged $72,000 in cash requests

Fraud investigation targets priest’s alleged $72,000 in cash requests

Police in southeastern Minnesota have opened a fraud investigation after a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Winona-Rochester allegedly requested tens of thousands of dollars from parishioners.
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Three more plead guilty as Feeding Our Future case hits 2 year mark

Three more plead guilty as Feeding Our Future case hits 2 year mark

Two years after the first indictments were unsealed in the the huge Feeding Our Future case, three more people connected to the defunct nonprofit pleaded guilty this week for their roles in an alleged $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs.
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Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to jury bribery attempt

Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to jury bribery attempt

One of the five people charged with trying to bribe a juror in the Feeding Our Future trial last month pleaded guilty Tuesday. Abdimajid Nur admitted that he handed a large amount of cash to a co-defendant who later allegedly delivered the money to a juror’s home in a Hallmark gift bag.
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Brothers plead not guilty to bribing Feeding Our Future juror

Brothers plead not guilty to bribing Feeding Our Future juror

Two of the brothers charged with trying to bribe a juror in the Feeding Our Future trial last month each entered not guilty pleas at separate hearings Wednesday. Said and Abdulkarim Farah are among five people who allegedly conspired to deliver a Hallmark gift bag with $120,000 to the home of a woman known publicly as juror 52.
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Alleged cash courier pleads not guilty to bribing Feeding Our Future juror

Alleged cash courier pleads not guilty to bribing Feeding Our Future juror

A woman accused of trying to bribe a juror at the recent Feeding Our Future trial entered not guilty pleas to multiple felony charges. Ladan Mohamed Ali made her first appearance before Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko in St. Paul on Thursday.
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New Feeding Our Future charges: Prosecutors say 5 tried to bribe juror with $120K

New Feeding Our Future charges: Prosecutors say 5 tried to bribe juror with $120K

Hoping to corrupt the recent trial, the alleged conspirators targeted the woman known as juror 52 because they believed her to be the youngest on the jury and the only person of color, but “juror 52 could not be bought,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said Wednesday.
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