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Abdiaziz Farah, ‘top’ participant in Feeding Our Future scheme, sentenced to 28 years
Farah owned the Shakopee restaurant Empire Cuisine and falsely claimed to serve 18 million kids, prosecutors said.
73rd person charged in Feeding Our Future scheme
Hussein Mohamed Farah was charged with one count of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joseph Thompson.
28 years in prison for man convicted in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a leader of a sprawling, pandemic-era food fraud plot in Minnesota to 28 years in prison.
Largest sentence so far in Feeding our Future case handed down to Abdiaziz Farah
Farah received 28 years as ringleader of the first fraud group to stand trial, and also for masterminding the attempted bribery of a juror.
Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) –The leader of the Feeding Our Future scheme is sentenced to 28 years in prison. Abdiaziz Farah, 36, also gets three years of supervised release and is ordered to pay nearly $48,
Abdiaziz Farah sentenced to 28 years in Feeding Our Future case
Abdiaziz Farah's sentence, handed down by U.S. Judge Nancy Brasel, is the longest punishment so far in the Feeding Our Future case.
Abdiaziz Farah gets 28 years for leading role in Feeding Our Future scheme
Prosecutors say Farah pocketed more than $8 million in taxpayer money himself and bought luxury cars, lakefront property, and even an apartment building overseas.

Feeding Our Future defendant convicted of fraud to serve prison time, pay nearly $48M

Wednesday morning, 36-year-old Abdiaziz Farah appeared in federal court to be sentenced on charges of wire fraud and money ...

Minnesota man gets 28 years for pandemic-era food fraud

A leader in a sprawling Minnesota food fraud plot during the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to 28 years in prison.

Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to wire fraud; 50th conviction in sprawling case

An Ohio man accused of defrauding the U.S. government through his Minnesota-based nonprofit in the massive Feeding Our Future ...

3 more, including St. Paul man, plead guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud

Hamdi Hussein Omar, 29, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty on Aug. 1 to one count of wire fraud in U.S. District Court. Prosecutors ...

DIGGING DEEPER: 50 convictions reached in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme

In what federal prosecutors are calling a “milestone mark,” 50 convictions have now played out in the Feeding Our Future ...