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Attending the sentencing of Abdiaziz Farah in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud trial last week has triggered me to review ...
US District Judge Nancy Brasel said the fraud was driven by "pure, unmitigated greed". The court heard that the businessman ...
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, played a leading role in a scheme that stole more than $47 million from a program meant to feed ...
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah has also pleaded guilty to bribing a juror in exchange for a 'not guilty' verdict and will face an ...
In 2024, jurors convicted Abdiaziz Farah and four co-defendants of stealing more than $47 million by submitting false reimbursement claims backed by phony invoices and meal attendance rosters ...
A Minnesota restaurant owner is going to prison for 28 years after his conviction in the Feeding Our Future scheme. The Judge ...
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One of the ringleaders in the Feeding Our Future scandal was sentenced for his role in the scheme that defrauded about $300 million from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A U.S. federal court has sentenced Abdiaziz Farah, 36, to 28 years in prison after he was found to have played a part in a ...
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a leader of a sprawling, pandemic-era food fraud plot in Minnesota to 28 years in prison. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, must also pay nearly $48 million in ...
Abdiaziz Farah's sentence, handed down by U.S. Judge Nancy Brasel, is the longest punishment so far in the Feeding Our Future ...
Hussein Mohamed Farah was charged with one count of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joseph Thompson.