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Key player in Feeding Our Future fraud sentenced to 28 years in prison
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah has also pleaded guilty to bribing a juror in exchange for a 'not guilty' verdict and will face an additional sentence.
Feeding Our Future: Abdiaziz Shafii Farah sentence to 28 years
One of the ringleaders in the Feeding Our Future scandal was sentenced for his role in the scheme that defrauded about $300 million from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feeding Our Future defendant convicted of fraud to serve prison time, pay nearly $48M
A man convicted of charges stemming from the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has been sentenced.Wednesday morning, 36-year-old Abdiaziz Farah appeared in federal court to be sentenced on charges of wire fraud and money laundering and passport fraud.
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.
Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced to 28 years in prison
Abdiaziz Farah, the former co-owner of Empire Cuisine & Deli, was sentenced to 28 years in prison in the Feeding Our Future fraud.
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.
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 investigation has pleaded guilty; the 50th conviction in the sprawling pandemic-era fraud case.
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 said her fraudulent actions cost taxpayers $1.4 million.
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.
Minnesota man gets 28 years in sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud case
A Minnesota restaurant owner is going to prison for 28 years after his conviction in the Feeding Our Future scheme. The Judge called 36-year old Abdiaziz Farah’s involvement “breathtakingly elaborate,
Minnesota Man Is Sentenced to 28 Years in Federal Food Aid Fraud
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, played a leading role in a scheme that stole more than $47 million from a program meant to feed ...
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 ...
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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.