Key Figure in Minnesota Food Fraud Receives 30-Year Prison Sentence
Prosecutors said Salim Said claimed 6,000 meals a day while FBI cameras showed about 40 people collecting food.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, District Judge Nancy Brasel sentenced Salim Said to 30 years in prison for his role in the $44 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, Said submitted thousands of fraudulent reimbursement claims for 21 consecutive months, with prosecutors revealing the listed children were entirely fictitious and distribution numbers fabricated.
- FBI surveillance showed only 40 people collecting food daily, contradicting Said's claim of a "ridiculous daily distribution of 6,000 meals." Said purchased a $1.2 million home and an $87,000 pickup truck.
- Said operated the scheme alongside Aimee Bock, the nonprofit leader currently serving a 42-year prison sentence for devising the plan to recruit participants into the federal food program.
- President Donald Trump ridiculed Gov. Tim Walz for failing to stop the theft, citing the sprawling fraud as grounds for an extraordinary immigration crackdown in Minnesota's largest cities.
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Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food fraud – WTOP News
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, the latest punishment in a sprawling scheme to collect millions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic by claiming to have fed needy children. The depth of fraud in Minnesota...
Judge orders 30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota food
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who played a major role in defrauding a federal food program in Minnesota was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, the latest punishment in a sprawling scheme to collect millions of
30-year prison sentence for key figure in Minnesota Feeding Our Future food fraud case
A man who played a major role in defrauding in the Feeding Our Future program in Minnesota was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, the latest punishment in the sprawling scheme to collect millions of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic by claiming to have fed needy children.
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