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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.