How much fraud is there in Minnesota state government? Many people, mostly taxpayers, including me, want an answer to that question. Two people who do not want an answer to…
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…
Jay Kolls of KSTP-TV 5 has the scoop. In an interview that aired tonight (Tuesday), Acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson tells KSTP: that when current investigations are prosecuted and finished,…
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,…
Current state Sen. Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) appears to have won the Democratic-party endorsement for Mayor of Minneapolis last night at the city’s party convention for 2025. I say “appears” because…
Federal District Judge Nancy Brasel is adamant that the next Feeding Our Future trial will begin on August 18. This trial has already been postponed twice, from April to August…
We’re just digging into the 105 pages of federal search warrants being executed at nine separate locations in the metro area. The searches involve at least five (5) corporate entities…
You read that correctly, we are now scheduling Feeding Our Future trials with mid-2026 start dates. The trial of the seven members of the Ikram Mohamed group of defendants (Nos.…
A key figure in the free-food scandal will be up for sentencing next week, Thursday, July 17. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah was convicted on 23 counts (acquitted on 1) in the…
The biggest Feeding Our Future-related events scheduled for July will occur on the 17th. We will see two defendants sentenced from the first trial that finished June 2024. Abdiaziz Farah,…
It took a third try, but Ahmed Ghedi. defendant No. 13 in the sprawling free-food scandal, entered the 40th guilty plea in the case to become the 47th person convicted.…
We have more courtroom trials stacked up in America’s largest free-food scandal, beginning in August. The August trial currently includes five defendants, Nos. 11-14 and No. 16. The first four…
Repeat after me: It’s a $300 million+ scandal. MPR News has been monitoring some of the other litigation spun off from the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Partners in Nutrition,…
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, now age 36, pled guilty to one count of attempted bribery of a juror at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis this morning. Your correspondent was there.…
Ahmed Ghedi, Defendant No. 13 in the free-food scandal, was scheduled to become the 47th individual convicted in the fraud case, so far. He was present and on time at…
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on the hundreds of suspects never charged in the free-food scandal. A non-paywall version can be found here. The headline: ‘Hundreds’ had ties to Feeding…
In a letter sent Wednesday to the Chair of the House of Representative Fraud Prevention Committee, Ellison solves a longstanding mystery. You’ve all heard the audio recording of the infamous…
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…
We have updated our ScandalTracker 2025TM spreadsheet to a number above $661 million over the past five years. The update is based on a new figure for the Feeding Our…
So much is going on with the Feeding Our Future case in the next two weeks that I had to create a calendar to keep up. Up next in the…
Ironies abound. The acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph Thompson, announced yesterday that two men were indicted on gun charges who had been employed by a Minneapolis-based violence interruption nonprofit called 21…
This afternoon, the U.S. Attorney indicted Defendant No. 72 in the sprawling free-food scandal. Dorothy Jean Moore, age 57, billed out of Apple Valley, made her initial court appearance at…
Posted on the federal court calendar for next week is a guilty plea hearing for Ahmed Artan, Defendant No. 8 (of 71) in the sprawling free-food scandal. If all goes…
Defendant No. 71, Hibo Daar, was formally arraigned in Federal Court this morning in downtown Minneapolis. She entered a plea of not guilty. Your correspondent was there. Except where specifically…