A 35-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty to his role in what federal prosecutors say is the largest pandemic fraud case in the country, Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson announced Thursday.
Court documents state that Ahmed Ghedi pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. His sentencing will be scheduled at a later date. He is the 47th person convicted in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota.
Prosecutors say Ghed, like many of those convicted in the case, fraudulently claimed to be running a child nutrition site, feeding thousands of children a day in St. Paul and took federal COVID-19 relief funds to do so…