The first prison sentence in the sprawling free-food scandal was handed down this afternoon in the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Mohamed Jama Ismail, aged 51, defendant No. 16 in…
A second sentencing hearing has been set for this month in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud case. Mohamed Jama Ismail is due in court on October 15 to learn…
Your correspondent was there this morning, attending a session of immigration court at Ft. Snelling. Officially named the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, Ft. Snelling Immigration…
Abdimajid Mohamed Nur pled guilty today in federal court in downtown Minneapolis to one count of bribery of a juror in the Feeding Our Future case. It’s the first guilty…
The ranks of those charged in the sprawling free-food scandal grew by two this week and now stands at 72. Five were indicted this week in the $120,000 juror bribery…
In the Federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul this afternoon, the woman alleged to have delivered the $120,000 in cash to the house of Juror #52 in the recently concluded…
A number of media outlets are reporting that the FBI has raided more homes in connection with the incident where a juror in the recent case was bribed. The incident…
With the first trial in the sprawling free-food scandal now concluded, we consider the next steps for the remaining 40+ defendants in the case. Friday afternoon, after seven weeks of…
Two others were acquitted of all charges in the verdicts read this afternoon in Federal court in downtown Minneapolis. The remaining five were convicted of most of the charges they…
I spent all of today attending the first Feeding Our Future trial in Federal court in downtown Minneapolis. This trial involves seven (7) defendants associated with the now-closed Shakopee restaurant…
Your correspondent ventured to downtown Minneapolis to visit the Federal courtroom and attend the morning session of the Feeding Our Future trial of seven (7) defendants associated with a now-closed…
The trial enters its fifth week at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. The prosecution has rested its case, now the defense is putting on its witnesses. The “Feeding Our…
As expected, four weeks in to the first trial in the Feeding Our Future case, the prosecution presented its last witness, an FBI accountant, and rested its case. In this…
More shocking revelations from the free-food trial in Federal Court in Minneapolis. In this fourth week of the first Feeding Our Future trial proper, seven (7) defendants associated with the…
Bloomington’s Dar Al Farooq has come up numerous times in the current trial underway in Federal court in Minneapolis. Seven defendants associated with the non-closed Shakopee restaurant Empire Cuisine are…
The modern coach-style tour bus parked in front of a south metro suburban hotel gave little hint as to the epic journey it had just completed. The blue and white…
A former supervisor at the nonprofit Feeding Our Future was the star witness this week at the Federal trial of the first batch of defendants. The seven currently on trial…
As the first trial in the sprawling free-food scandal continues into its second week, government prosecutors are putting on witnesses to meals that were never served. The U.S. Attorney alleges…
With a jury in place, opening statements began this morning in the trial of seven (7) defendants in the first Feeding Our Future trial. The seven were associated with a…
The first trial involving seven (7) defendants (out of the 70 charged, so far) in the free-food scandal began Monday morning at the Federal courthouse in Minneapolis. All seven were…
Although he has not been charged with or accused of any wrongdoing in the case, the name Abdirizak Diis features prominently in a key document for the upcoming free-food trial.…
Although neither the organization nor any of its staff have been charged with or accused of any wrongdoing, the nonprofit Somali Community Resettlement Services appears in a recently-filed Feeding Our…
April 22 is set as the start date for a federal trial involving eight (8) defendants associated with the Empire Cuisine group. The defendants are Nos. 15 to 22 (out…
It was free-food day in this morning’s meeting of the state House Children and Families committee. Minnesota Democrats have discovered that free food is extremely popular with the public (72…