The Brief
- Two individuals involved in the Feeding our Future fraud case received prison sentences this week.
- Sharmake Jama, owner of Brava Restaurant in Rochester, was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to pay $5.3 million in restitution.
- Filsan Mumin Hassan received over three years in prison and must pay $376,000 in restitution.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Two people who pleaded guilty to their roles in separate Feeding our Future cases were sentenced this past week in federal court.
Sharmake Jama sentenced
The backstory:
Federal prosecutors announced charges against Sharmake Jama among the first batch of indictments in the Feeding our Future case in September 2022.
Jama was the owner of Brava Restaurant in Rochester, Minn. and was accused of pocketing $4.3 million in fraudulent funds through the federal child nutrition program.…