Ramsey County sheriff probing employee’s deals with convicted fraudsters

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is conducting an internal probe of Omar Jamal, one of his employees, after current and former members of the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners expressed concerns about the findings of a Minnesota Star Tribune investigation into Jamal’s dealings with fraudsters.

The story, based on interviews, court records, internal FBI interviews and emails between Jamal and three state agencies, showed Jamal earned nearly $250,000 as a consultant for six people later convicted of defrauding a federally funded meal program for poor children…

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