A Rochester woman caught up in the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal is headed to federal prison, after a judge sentenced Zamzam Jama on Tuesday to six months behind bars and ordered her to repay $491,245 in restitution. She must surrender to the U.S. Marshals on June 2 and will be on supervised release for one year once she finishes her sentence. The case is one slice of a yearslong federal probe that prosecutors say diverted pandemic era child nutrition funds away from the kids they were supposed to feed.
Plea deal and counts dismissed
As reported by KSTP, Jama pleaded guilty on February 5, 2025, to a single count of money laundering. Under her plea agreement, prosecutors dropped a separate conspiracy charge along with an additional money…..