Anthony Waddell Jefferson and Lester Brown, both of Philadelphia, were in federal court in downtown Minneapolis to enter guilty pleas for their involvement in a fraud against the now-discontinued housing…
From Fox-9 TV, Medicaid provider pleads guilty in ‘phantom’ medical rides scheme. Fox-9 reports, Nasro Takhal pleaded guilty Friday to two felony counts of aiding and abetting the theft of…
Abdimajid Nur was convicted at the first Feeding Our Future courtroom trial, held last year, along with four of his co-defendants.
Tezzaree El Amin Champion, age 28, was sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud yesterday at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Prosecutors had asked for a 12-year sentence.…
Anwar Ahmed Adow, age 25, became the first defendant to plead guilty in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud case.
Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud pled guilty to two felony counts on October 10 in federal court in downtown Minneapolis.
Khadar Jigre Adan, now aged 62, became the third and final defendant associated with the JigJiga business and entertainment center to plead guilty in the Feeding Our Future case. Adan…
The JigJiga is up for Ahmed Yasin Ali, age 60, who pled guilty this afternoon (Friday) at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Ali is Defendant No. 37 (out of…
Said Shafii Farah, age 43, entered a guilty plea in the attempted juror bribery case arising out of the first Feeding Our Future courtroom trial conducted last year. He pled…
Guhaad Hashi Said became the 52nd defendant convicted in the sprawling free-food scandal this afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Said, now age 49, entered the 45th guilty…
On Wednesday, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, now aged 36, received a sentence of 28 years in federal prison from U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel. He was convicted on 23 felony counts…
Hibo Daar pled guilty to one count of wire fraud this morning in the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. She becomes the 51st defendant convicted in the Feeding Our Future…
Mahad Ibrahim pled guilty to two felony counts this morning at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. Ibrahim is facing years in federal prison and the…
Asad Mohamed Abshir became the 48th defendant convicted in the Feeding Our Future scandal late this Monday afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. Abshir,…
To be clear: neither the Anika Foundation itself nor anyone associated with it have been accused of any wrongdoing. The occasion was the guilty plea hearing this morning for Ronnie…
Lorraine Lee Combs, age 57, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit voter registration fraud at the Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Paul this morning. Your correspondent was…
Federal prosecutors secured their 46th conviction in the free-food scandal when Ahmed Mohamed Artan, Defendant No. 8, entered a guilty plea. Artan, now age 40, now billed out of Golden…
Sahra Nur, Feeding Our Future Defendant No. 24, Guilty Plea No. 14, became just the fourth of 45 convicted felons to be sentenced in the case. She was sentenced to…
On a cold, rainy morning, a third guilty plea was entered into the juror bribery case arising out of the first Feeding Our Future trial. Your correspondent was there at…
Abdihakim Ahmed entered the 38th guilty plea, overall, in the Feeding Our Future case this morning. In a 35-minute hearing before Judge Nancy Brasel at the federal courthouse in downtown…
A jury found two Feeding Our Future defendants guilty of all charges this afternoon, after a six-week trial at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis. Deliberations lasted (at most) five hours.…
According to jail records, Abdinasir Abshir was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals on Friday and is being held in the Sherburne County jail. Abshir made a brief appearance…
As the first week of Feeding Our Future Trial #2 comes to a close, we appear to have two guilty pleas in another, unrelated scandal. This scandal features some celebrity…
Yesterday, at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, two guilty pleas were entered in the sprawling free-food scandal. Zamzam Jama was first up Wednesday morning. Zamzam, Defendant No. 44 in…