US EditionLatest Feeding Our Future Defendant Claimed 6,000 Daily Meals In Town Of 2,600 People: Feds
Abdirashid Bixi Dool faces seven federal charges for running fake food sites and stealing $1.1 million in federal child nutrition funds, falsely claiming to serve over 40,000 meals weekly.
- On Monday, Abdirashid Bixi Dool was charged in a seven-count indictment including wire fraud and money laundering and made his initial federal court appearance.
- Earlier this year, Feeding Our Future executive director Aimee Bock was found guilty of heading the $300 million fraud scheme, and 56 people pleaded guilty while seven others were convicted in related cases.
- Submitting falsified invoices and rosters, prosecutors say Dool served on Bilaal Mosque Inc. and Multicultural Resource Center Inc. boards, claiming over 40,000 weekly meals while spending little of $1.1 million received.
- Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph H. Thompson, Harry M. Jacobs and Daniel W. Bobier prosecute the case while the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and IRS Criminal Investigation investigate.
- Feeding Our Future was an approved sponsor of the Federal Child Nutrition Program, and officials have called the case a major pandemic-era fraud involving inflated daily meal claims as high as 60,000 kids.
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Man accused of running fake Moorhead meal site in Feeding Our Future scandal
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defend…
Man accused of running fake Moorhead meal site in Feeding Our Future scandal
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defend…
Man accused of running fake Moorhead meal site in Feeding Our Future scandal
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defend…
Man accused of running fake Moorhead meal site in Feeding Our Future scandal
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defend…
Man accused of running fake Moorhead meal site in Feeding Our Future scandal
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defend…
Man accused of running fake Moorhead meal site in Feeding Our Future scandal
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defend…
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