Leader of Minnesota's Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Arrested in Somalia
The leader of the largest Minnesota pandemic-era fraud scheme was arrested in Mogadishu, Somalia, this week. The post Leader of Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme Arrested in Somalia appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- Abdikerm Eidleh, 43, was arrested in Mogadishu, Somalia.
- He is an alleged leader of the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, involving $350 million.
- Eidleh was indicted in September 2022 and had been on the run for over four years.
- He is accused of bribing businesses and instructing them to inflate receipts submitted for reimbursement.
- Investigators allege Eidleh personally collected $5 million in bribes and kickbacks.
- The Feeding Our Future scheme exploited the Federal Child Nutrition Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Said Abdullahi Ereg, another suspect in the scheme, was recently returned to the U.S. after surrendering at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.