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Deliberations continue in $40 million fraud trial roiled by bag of cash for a juror

Jury deliberations continue in the trial of seven Minnesotans accused of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million meant to feed children

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Feds seek person who left bag of $120,000 with promise of more at home of food fraud juror

Authorities in Minnesota have confiscated cellphones and taken all seven defendants into custody as investigators try to determine who attempted to bribe a juror with a bag of cash containing $120,000 to get her to acquit them on charges of stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to…

The Independent UK

Juror in charity fraud trial reveals she was given bag of $120k cash to acquit defendants

Trial will determine if seven defendants are guilty of stealing money from a government program that sought to feed children during the pandemic

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Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit

A juror was dismissed from a multimillion-dollar fraud trial on Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 cash at her home over the weekend

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Feds charge 10 new people in Feeding Our Future fraud probe

MINNEAPOLIS — Ten more people have been charged in the ongoing $250 million federal food aid fraud case involving the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, prosecutors announced Monday.

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Minn. governor proposes plan to fight fraud in wake of pandemic food-aid scheme

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz has proposed adding an inspector general to the Minnesota Department of Education and spending more money on grant oversight, audits and fraud investigation in the aftermath of the Feeding Our Future scandal.

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Figures linked to meals fraud case continue to collect millions in day care support

MINNEAPOLIS — Two months after Abduljabar Hussein and his wife were charged with stealing millions of dollars from a federal meals program, Hussein's Minneapolis day care center continues to collect public funds aimed at helping low-income families afford child care services.

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Could Minnesota officials have stopped Feeding our Future fraud sooner?

MINNEAPOLIS — Why did it take almost two years for government officials to shut down Feeding Our Future and cut off payments to individuals now accused of orchestrating the nation's largest pandemic fraud?

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Republican attacks Minnesota AG over crime in 1st debate

Minnesota's Democratic Attorney General, Keith Ellison, is defending his record against aggressive attacks from his Republican challenger, Jim Schultz, who charges that the state’s top prosecutor has failed in his duty to keep residents safe

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First defendants plead guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud

MINNEAPOLIS — A Feeding Our Future employee on Thursday admitted to taking more than $1.3 million in bribes to help other co-conspirators defraud a federal child nutrition program as part of the nation's largest pandemic fraud case.

Tribune News Service

For Feeding Our Future leader, an unlikely path to scandal

MINNEAPOLIS — Aimee Bock's organization was keeping a low profile as it handled millions in government money when the video appeared on Facebook in January.

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GOP attacks Minnesota governor in $250M food fraud case

Republicans have attacked Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after a judge took the rare public step of disputing the administration’s claim that the judge prevented it from cutting off payments to Feeding Our Future

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Feds stop another person linked to Feeding Our Future scheme from leaving US

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal authorities stopped another person linked to the Feeding Our Future fraud case from leaving the country Monday, arresting the 49th person to be charged in the sprawling $250 million child food aid conspiracy.

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Minnesota governor pushes back against food fraud criticism

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pushing back against critics who say his administration should have done more to thwart what federal prosecutors have called a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of at least $250 million

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First Thing: Putin threatens nuclear retaliation in escalation of Ukraine war

Russian president announces partial mobilisation and makes threats on west, saying ‘we will use all the means at our disposal’. Plus, the Hollywood sign gets a facelift

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Founder of Minnesota nonprofit among 48 people charged in $250 million federal food aid fraud scheme

MINNEAPOLIS — The director of the Feeding Our Future nonprofit and 47 other people were charged Tuesday in what federal prosecutors say was a "massive scheme" to defraud the government of more than $250 million meant to feed needy children during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How alleged plot exploited pandemic to net $250M

The Department of Justice has charged 47 people in what prosecutors have called a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of $250 million

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US lays charges in ‘egregious plot’ to steal child meal funding

Justice Department accuses defendants in Minnesota of stealing $250m meant to feed low-income children during pandemic.

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DOJ charges 47 with stealing $250 million from a pandemic food program for kids

The defendants allegedly carried out a plot to steal $250 million from a nutrition program meant to serve needy children in Minnesota. Officials called it a "brazen scheme of staggering proportions."

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Feds: Minnesota food scheme stole $250M; 47 people charged

Federal authorities have charged 47 people in what they say was a massive scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and defraud the government of $250 million

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Minnesota Somali community on edge over FBI fraud allegations

MINNEAPOLIS — A recent meeting at Minneapolis' Karmel Mall was urgent for the Somali American leaders who convened it: FBI agents had been peppering business owners and shoppers with questions surrounding a fraud investigation involving government-funded child nutrition programs, and the leaders felt the whole community was once again under…

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Fraud has plagued federal meals program for years

MINNEAPOLIS — Long before the FBI accused the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future and some of its prime contractors of fraud, the federal government's child nutrition programs were wasting more than $1 billion a year on "improper payments," according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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