The most recent defendant charged in the case — Hoda Abdi (No. 70, in the official numbering) — was in federal court in Minneapolis this afternoon to file guilty plea…
This is the first guilty plea involving the Safari Restaurant group of defendants. Ahmed Sharif Omar-Hashim, a/k/a Salah Donyale, Defendant No. 5 and Guilty Plea No. 16 in the case,…
Filsan Hassan (Defendant No. 26 of 60 in the case) entered the 15th guilty plea in the scandal today in the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Hassan, 29, was part…
The latest is Defendant No. 24 (of 60) in the case, Sahra Nur. She was the second person indicted under the S&S Catering group, and ran the nonprofit Academy for…
We’ve reached a baker’s dozen of convictions in the free-food scandal. Yusuf Ali is the latest defendant to plead guilty in the case. Ali, defendant No. 30 in the scandal,…
Abdikadir Kadiye, Defendant No. 55 in the case, entered a guilty plea yesterday in Federal court in Minneapolis. This represents the 12th conviction, to date, obtained by the U.S. Attorney.…
The lead defendant in the S&S Catering group pleaded guilty today. Qamar Hassan was defendant No. 23 (of 60) and now is guilty plea No. 11 in the Feeding Our…
Abdulkadir Awale, defendant No. 56, has become the 10th defendant to plead guilty in the Feeding Our Future scandal. Awale, of Bloomington, ran three restaurants involved in the scandal: Karmel…
Two more of the 60 defendants plead guilty. As expected, Defendants Nos. 51 and 52 pled guilty this week, bringing the number of convictions in the Feeding Our Future free-food-fraud…
For Liban Alishire, the JigJiga is truly up. Last night, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota sent out a press release announcing the latest guilty plea in the Feeding Our Future…
Muse Mohamed was convicted of perjury related to his mishandling of absentee ballots in a 2018 election. The Sahan Journal reports that Mohamed was sentenced this morning to two years…
KARE-11’s Lou Raguse spent his day at the Federal courthouse in Minneapolis. The U.S. Attorney put out a press release. In yesterday’s post, I covered the backstory of each of…