A Minneapolis man has admitted to charges of wire fraud and money laundering, marking him as the forty-seventh person convicted in a $250 million fraud case involving the federally funded child nutrition program during the pandemic. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that 35-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi Ghedi pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme that exploited the Feeding Our Future program.
From September 2020 to January 2022, Ghedi and others falsely claimed to be operating a child nutrition site in St. Paul, inflating meal counts to receive federal funds. They reported serving up to 3,000 meals daily, amounting to over 1.6 million meals in one year—figures that investigations revealed to be grossly exaggerated. Ghedi used a shell company, AG Limited LLC, to funnel funds, utilizing the money for personal luxuries, including vehicles, credit card spending, and real estate.
Notably, Ghedi bought a mansion valued at more than half a million dollars and pocketed over $2 million for his own use, all while disguising the origins and ownership of these proceeds. Court documents indicate Ghedi and his co-conspirators caused a loss of $7.2 million to Federal Child Nutrition Programs. As part of the plea, properties including a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and a Minneapolis mansion will be forfeited to the government…