https://www.twincities.com/2022/01/21/fbi-raids-twin-cities-businesses-suspected-of-massive-fraud-in-child-food-programs/
" A Twin Cities nonprofit and a web of business operators stole tens of millions of dollars in federal funds that were supposed to help feed needy children while schools were closed during the coronavirus pandemic, according to court records."
"More than 200 agents of the FBI and other state and federal agencies raided over a dozen locations Thursday, including the St. Anthony offices of Feeding Our Future and the Rosemount home of its director, Aimee Bock."
"The FBI alleges in search warrant affidavits that Feeding Our Future, the state's largest independent sponsor of federal food programs, submitted false reimbursement records and conspired with business owners who stole and laundered funds as part of a "massive fraud" involving shell companies, kickbacks and dozens of bank accounts."
" The companies and their owners received tens of millions of dollars in federal funds for use in providing nutritious meals to underprivileged children and adults," an FBI agent wrote. "Almost none of this money was used to feed children. Instead, the participants in the scheme misappropriated the money and used it to purchase real estate, cars and other luxury items."
" Bock's Feeding Our Future has been a major beneficiary of the USDA's pandemic waivers."
"Formed in 2017, the nonprofit took in $3.5 million in food reimbursements in 2019, $42.7 million in 2020 and $197.9 million last year. The sponsor charged a 10 percent administrative fee on those reimbursements through its contracts with site operators, many of which were run by members of the East African diaspora."
"Several site operators spent little or none of that money on food for children, the FBI alleges…"
" One of the owners, Salim Said, allegedly spent misappropriated funds on a $950,000 house in Plymouth with an indoor basketball court, while another owner, Abdulkadir Nur Salah, gave Bock a $310,000 kickback. The FBI alleged Said and Ahmed Omar-Hashim spent $2.8 million on a Minneapolis office building."
"Others reportedly connected to the Safari group are Abdihakim Ali Ahmed, Abdirahman Ahmed, Sagal Aden, Hadith Yusuf Ahmed, Ahmed Artan, Ahmed Ghedi, Abdinasir Abshir and Abdikadi Mohamud."
"Feeding Our Future employees Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh and Hadith Yusuf Ahmed are suspected of setting up shell companies to hide money."
///
East African Diaspora refers to the massive numbers of Somalis imported by successive US administrations.
" A Twin Cities nonprofit and a web of business operators stole tens of millions of dollars in federal funds that were supposed to help feed needy children while schools were closed during the coronavirus pandemic, according to court records."
"More than 200 agents of the FBI and other state and federal agencies raided over a dozen locations Thursday, including the St. Anthony offices of Feeding Our Future and the Rosemount home of its director, Aimee Bock."
"The FBI alleges in search warrant affidavits that Feeding Our Future, the state's largest independent sponsor of federal food programs, submitted false reimbursement records and conspired with business owners who stole and laundered funds as part of a "massive fraud" involving shell companies, kickbacks and dozens of bank accounts."
" The companies and their owners received tens of millions of dollars in federal funds for use in providing nutritious meals to underprivileged children and adults," an FBI agent wrote. "Almost none of this money was used to feed children. Instead, the participants in the scheme misappropriated the money and used it to purchase real estate, cars and other luxury items."
" Bock's Feeding Our Future has been a major beneficiary of the USDA's pandemic waivers."
"Formed in 2017, the nonprofit took in $3.5 million in food reimbursements in 2019, $42.7 million in 2020 and $197.9 million last year. The sponsor charged a 10 percent administrative fee on those reimbursements through its contracts with site operators, many of which were run by members of the East African diaspora."
"Several site operators spent little or none of that money on food for children, the FBI alleges…"
" One of the owners, Salim Said, allegedly spent misappropriated funds on a $950,000 house in Plymouth with an indoor basketball court, while another owner, Abdulkadir Nur Salah, gave Bock a $310,000 kickback. The FBI alleged Said and Ahmed Omar-Hashim spent $2.8 million on a Minneapolis office building."
"Others reportedly connected to the Safari group are Abdihakim Ali Ahmed, Abdirahman Ahmed, Sagal Aden, Hadith Yusuf Ahmed, Ahmed Artan, Ahmed Ghedi, Abdinasir Abshir and Abdikadi Mohamud."
"Feeding Our Future employees Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh and Hadith Yusuf Ahmed are suspected of setting up shell companies to hide money."
///
East African Diaspora refers to the massive numbers of Somalis imported by successive US administrations.
“If you’re going to have crime it should at least be organized crime”
-Havelock Vetinari
-Havelock Vetinari