Feeding Our Future Archives — Sahan Journal

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POLICING & JUSTICE

Two more defendants plead guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud case

by Joey Peters September 7, 2023September 8, 2023

Sahra Nur admitted to stealing more than $5 million from the federal government. Yusuf Ali admitted to stealing more than $200,000.

Criminal Justice

Twelfth defendant in Feeding our Future fraud case pleads guilty to stealing $1 million

by Andrew Hazzard August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Bloomington man pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud case

by Joey Peters June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Faribault residents admit stealing $5 million earmarked to feed underprivileged children

by Joey Peters June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Seventh suspect in Feeding Our Future fraud case pleads guilty to aiding money laundering

by Joey Peters April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Education department seeks more statutory oversight in wake of alleged Feeding Our Future fraud

by Becky Z. Dernbach April 10, 2023April 10, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Here are the 10 new defendants who were charged Monday in the Feeding Our Future fraud investigation

by Hibah Ansari March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

A plane for Kenya, a Tesla in Eagan: New defendants charged in alleged Feeding Our Future fraud spent money on lavish toys instead of needy children.

by Andrew Hazzard and Alfonzo Galvan March 13, 2023April 6, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Brooklyn Park man ordered to forfeit beach resort after pleading guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud case

by Sahan Journal January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Top 10 most-read stories of 2022: Feeding Our Future, COVID, and education

by Sahan Journal December 30, 2022January 2, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Top 5 local news stories of 2022: The country’s largest pandemic fraud allegedly occurred in Minnesota, investors preyed on Somali homebuyers, and more.

by Joey Peters December 28, 2022January 2, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Fifth defendant pleads guilty in food-aid fraud investigation.

by Joey Peters November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Here’s a list of all the people who have pleaded guilty in the Feeding Our Future fraud investigation.

by Joey Peters October 27, 2022September 7, 2023

POLICING & JUSTICE

Fourth defendant pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud investigation.

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 26, 2022October 27, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Prosecutors charge 50th defendant in Feeding Our Future fraud investigation.

by Joey Peters October 19, 2022October 20, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

First guilty pleas entered in Feeding Our Future investigation; three admit to fraud.

by Joey Peters October 12, 2022October 26, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Minnesota Republican candidates called for an independent probe into the state’s handling of alleged fraud in a COVID-related meal program.

by Brian Bakst September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Deeq Darajo, a prominent Minneapolis journalist, was charged in connection with Feeding Our Future investigation.

by Joey Peters September 26, 2022December 21, 2022

Most defendants in the Feeding Our Future investigation were spared jail time.

by Matt Sepic September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

What the federal charges say about how Feeding Our Future found an opportunity at Minneapolis City Hall

by Becky Z. Dernbach September 23, 2022September 23, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Mekfira Hussein defended her work feeding needy children. Prosecutors now accuse her of buying a Tesla and other goods with money intended for those kids.

by Joey Peters September 23, 2022September 26, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Governor Walz ‘would hope’ for investigation into judge who presided over Feeding Our Future lawsuit.

by Andrew Hazzard September 22, 2022September 23, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Forty-eight suspects, $250 million allegedly stolen, and 257 pages of allegations. Eight interesting things about the alleged food-aid fraud scheme involving Feeding Our Future.

by Sahan Journal September 22, 2022October 3, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Charges in alleged federal food-aid fraud are rich in detail, but complex issues could confuse jurors, legal scholars say.

by Hibah Ansari September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Need a refresher on the Feeding Our Future allegations? Here’s what to know about the alleged food-aid fraud in Minnesota.

by Joey Peters September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

News

Who’s been charged in the Feeding Our Future food fraud investigation?

by Hibah Ansari September 20, 2022August 7, 2023

News

Timeline: How feeding underprivileged children turned into a sweeping federal investigation.

by Joey Peters September 20, 2022September 27, 2022

News

Aimee Bock of Feeding Our Future charged in alleged food-fraud case

by Joey Peters September 20, 2022December 21, 2022

News

Federal authorities charge 48 people in Feeding Our Future investigation—allegedly ‘largest pandemic fraud in the United States.’

by Joey Peters and Andrew Hazzard September 20, 2022March 13, 2023

Keeping track of the applesauce: Federal Child Nutrition Programs make it possible for Minnesota nonprofits to serve low-income kids. But while the lunch may be free, you pay for it in paperwork.

by Joey Peters August 18, 2022August 17, 2022

POLICING & JUSTICE

Federal authorities charge Minnesota man connected with Feeding Our Future investigation. FBI agents apprehended him at the airport on his way to Kenya.

by Joey Peters April 21, 2022April 25, 2022

News

The Minnesota Department of Education lacked checks and balances to prevent alleged fraud by Feeding Our Future, says Senator Roger Chamberlain.

by Joey Peters April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

News

Minnesota Department of Education commissioner publicly addresses alleged Feeding Our Future fraud for the first time. Heather Mueller was questioned at a Senate hearing.

by Joey Peters April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

RETRACTION: Sahan Journal unpublishes a story about the federal meals program investigation.

by Sahan Journal March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Sharmarke Issa resigns as board chair of Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. Federal officials allege money used to buy an apartment complex he co-owns came from food aid program.

by Joey Peters February 23, 2022September 20, 2022

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Editor’s note: Why Sahan Journal is reporting on alleged fraud in the federal meals program.

by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim February 21, 2022February 22, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Senior aide to Minneapolis mayor leaves City Hall amid food fraud allegations.

by Joey Peters February 17, 2022September 22, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Two men named in Feeding Our Future fraud investigation donated to Ilhan Omar in 2021. The congresswoman says she recently sent the contributions to food shelves.

by Joey Peters February 15, 2022February 23, 2022

BUSINESS & WORK

While Feeding Our Future brought in millions of dollars in federal food aid money last year, its director also launched a GoFundMe campaign that brought in tens of thousands more.

by Joey Peters February 4, 2022September 20, 2022

Burnsville charter school director takes leave of absence following fraud allegations in Feeding Our Future investigation.

by Becky Z. Dernbach February 3, 2022February 23, 2022

BUSINESS & WORK

Why hasn’t anyone been charged in the Feeding Our Future investigation? And what’s a search warrant, anyway? We asked a defense attorney to explain what’s happened so far in the alleged food fraud case—and what happens next.

by Hibah Ansari February 2, 2022February 23, 2022

News

Feeding Our Future director blames Minnesota Department of Education for food aid probe.

by Joey Peters February 1, 2022February 23, 2022

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh returns campaign contributions from donors tied to alleged Feeding Our Future fraud investigation.

by Joey Peters February 1, 2022December 21, 2022

BUSINESS & WORK

Men tied to alleged Feeding Our Future fraud donated to reelection campaign of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, records show.

by Andrew Hazzard and Becky Z. Dernbach January 26, 2022September 20, 2022

BUSINESS & WORK

Feds investigate nonprofit incorporated by Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman in alleged Feeding Our Future food fraud.

by Hibah Ansari, Andrew Hazzard and Becky Z. Dernbach January 24, 2022December 22, 2022

INSIDE SAHAN JOURNAL

Tell us what you know about Feeding Our Future and alleged food fraud.

by Sahan Journal January 24, 2022February 17, 2022

News

Confused about the alleged fraud at Feeding Our Future? The shell companies, the Las Vegas junket, the $500,000 apartment in Kenya? Here’s everything you need to know about the FBI raid and investigation so far.

by Joey Peters January 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Food

Judge finds Minnesota Department of Education in contempt for go-slow approach to meal program.

by Joey Peters July 2, 2021July 2, 2021

Food

Mekfira Hussein’s meal programs have been feeding 5,000 children a day in the Twin Cities. A state effort to discipline an intermediary nonprofit forced her to suspend operations.

by Joey Peters May 13, 2021September 20, 2022