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A jury has convicted 5 residents of Minnesota and acquitted 2 others for their parts in a scheme to steal over $40 million from a program intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prosecutors allege that the group falsely claimed to have served 18 million meals during the COVID pandemic, for which they collected $47 million in taxpayer money

Prosecutors allege that the group falsely claimed to have served 18 million meals during the COVID pandemic, for which they collected $47 million in taxpayer money

Prosecutors allege that the group falsely claimed to have served 18 million meals during the COVID pandemic, for which they collected $47 million in taxpayer money

A second Minnesota juror has been replaced days after another person serving on the panel in the $40 million fraud case said someone left her nearly $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal.

A defendant in the Feeding Our Future trial testified Thursday that he doled out food to thousands of children in Bloomington, but wasn't responsible for any of the financial paperwork that resulted in millions of dollars in federal reimbursements. Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, 33, of Burnsville, was the only one of the seven defendants in the joint trial to take the stand to testify and the only ...

In a surprise move on Wednesday, one of the defendants in the Feeding Our Future trial took the stand in his own defense. Unlike the six others, Mukhtar Shariff not only called witnesses, but waived his right to remain silent.

A state regulator testified in the first Feeding Our Future trial Tuesday that she was concerned after seeing massive growth in reimbursement requests through child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The director of Minnesota’s nutrition program testified Tuesday that she became concerned about an unusually high number of reimbursement claims soon after a pandemic relief program started to feed children under looser rules. The post Minnesota Education Department official testifies about reporting Feeding Our Future fraud to FBI appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.

BY: DEENA WINTER MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota Reformer) - The director of Minnesota's nutrition program testified Tu...