Northeast Radio SD News – Minneapolis, MN – The U.S. Attorney’s Office has announced five more guilty pleas in the sprawling “Feeding Our Future” fraud investigation, bringing the total number of convictions in the case to 63.
Federal prosecutors say the latest round of guilty pleas involves a group of family members and associates who conspired to steal and launder $14.6 million in federal funds intended to feed hungry children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The defendants—Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, 42; her husband, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, 46; her sister, Aisha Hassan Hussein, 29; her mother, Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf, 59; and associate Sahra Sharif Osman, 43—all pleaded guilty to wire fraud this week in U.S. District Court…