Federal prosecutors have now reached plea deals with 21 defendants charged in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.
According to Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger, three defendants — 34-year-old Haji Osman Salad, 42-year-old Khadra Abdi and 42-year-old Sharmarke Issa — all pleaded guilty this week to wire fraud for their roles in what has been called the “largest pandemic relief fraud scheme” in the country.
Salad owned Haji’s Kitchen LLC and enrolled in the Federal Child Nutrition Program under the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future and another sponsor. The program is designed to fund free meals for children from low-income families.
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