Man who claimed to serve 1.7 million meals to children in fraud scheme sentenced to 43 months

Minnesota Man Involved in Food Aid Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 43 Months

A Minneapolis man who bought a house with federal funds that were supposed to be used for feeding children during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to 43 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. Abdullahe Nur Jesow was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $866,458 for being part of Feeding Our Future’s $250 million fraud scheme that exploited funds from a Federal Child Nutrition Program meal distribution site d…

Man who claimed to serve 1.7 million meals to children in fraud scheme sentenced to 43 months

A 65-year-old man who claimed to serve meals to hungry children but instead pocketed federal funds to buy a house in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, was sentenced to 43 months in prison on Thursday.