Feds try to claw back $60K in luxe goods from Omar-linked Minneapolis fraudster

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Salim Said, a convicted swindler with ties to Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, lived in an opulent manner while embezzling a federal program aimed at feeding children in poverty. He furnished his 6,000-square-foot mansion in Minneapolis with designer bags, Italian shoes and luxury watches that add up to $60,000. Now federal authorities are looking to recover everything. Prosecutors asked a judge to authorize the government to seize the item…