MINNEAPOLIS – A married couple on Wednesday pleaded guilty ahead of trial next month to their roles defrauding the federal Feeding Our Future child nutrition program.
Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, 42, and her husband, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, 46, are the latest defendants to enter pleas in the massive $300 million pandemic fraud case that’s seen 79 people charged and drawn national scrutiny.
Mohamed admitted in a Minneapolis federal courtroom to leading a major part of the scheme as a consultant for the now-defunct nonprofit Feeding Our Future and recruiting her relatives to participate. In court, Mohamed confirmed she pocketed $1.3 million through her IM Consultation LLC and enrolled several meal sites under her relatives’ names – including her mother, siblings and husband – through Feeding Our Future’s sponsorship…