US EditionInvestigation links Minnesota COVID meal program fraud to individuals connected to Rep. Omar’s associates
Federal charges target at least 78 defendants in a scheme diverting $250 million in COVID-era child nutrition funds linked to nonprofits and Somali community groups.
- In recent weeks, federal prosecutors say a multi-site Minnesota COVID-era meal fraud tied to associates of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., involves at least 78 defendants and over $1 billion stolen.
- With safeguards eased, the 2020 MEALS Act created pandemic meal programs administered by the Minnesota Department of Education, while state workers spotted fraud signs in July 2019.
- Prosecutors detail how Salim Ahmed Said was convicted in March, and they say he spent funds on a $2 million Minneapolis mansion and a $9,000 shopping habit, while Udoibok said, 'That doesn't meet the smell test.'
- Prosecutions have led to 61 convictions, with Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick saying defendants exploited the pandemic to carry out massive fraud while the Small Business Administration and House Oversight Committee investigate.
- In recent weeks, Minnesota governor Tim Walz said on 'Meet the Press' that the fraud cases are 'totally disconnected' from the broader Somali community, amid renewed scrutiny.
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Leading With Deception: Networks Spend Only 28% of Somali Coverage on Fraud Scheme
This week, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC have dedicated a stunning 22 minutes and 21 seconds to President Trump’s comments repeatedly slamming the Somali community in Minnesota as “garbage” and having “ripped off that state,” but only about 28 percent (or 27.7 percent) mentioned Trump’s remarks were in relation to a years-long welfare fraud scheme in Democrat-run Minnesota carried out by dozens of Somalis. Put another way, on…
Whistleblowers Allege Tim Walz Knew of Somali COVID Fraud in 2019 But Failed to Investigate.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A fraud scheme involving the nonprofit Feeding Our Future siphoned over $1 billion in taxpayer money meant for pandemic relief, with Minnesota Department of Education whistleblowers alleging Democrat Governor Tim Walz’s administration knew of but failed to investigate the corruption.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Feeding Our Future, its founder Aimee Bock, and other co-conspirators, many of whom are Somali. Minnesota state official…
Woke Mayor Has Total Meltdown After Somali Migrants Get Caught In Fraud, Federal Agents Start To Pour In - The American Tribune.com
In an unintentionally very funny interview on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” St. Paul, MN Mayor Melvin Carter went absolutely ballistic over the fact that Somali migrants in his community have been caught in a titanic fraud scheme and so federal agents are pouring in to hold them accountable, saying the paltry number of charges already brought show that the feds aren’t needed. As background, a number of schemes in which the Somali migrants pilfered …
JUST IN: Ilhan Omar Under Fire After New Details Reveal Close Ties To Somali Minneapolis Fraudsters
Ilhan Omar is facing intense pressure after emerging details revealed deep personal and political proximity to several Somali-American figures now implicated in one of the largest fraud scandals in Minnesota history. The massive scheme, centered around Minneapolis and surrounding communities, involved hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-era welfare programs that federal prosecutors say were systematically exploited. What began as a COVID…
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