Overview
- Najmo Ahmed was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison following her February 2025 guilty plea, with her term set to begin July 15 and more than $1 million ordered in restitution.
- Her husband, Said Abdullahi Ereg, surrendered to FBI agents after returning from Kenya and is scheduled for a court status conference in September.
- Prosecutors say the couple’s Evergreen Grocery and Deli falsely claimed to serve more than 1.4 million meals and received about $4.2 million from Feeding Our Future while laundering roughly $1.3–$1.4 million.
- Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock has filed an appeal challenging her conviction and the sentencing guidelines that produced a roughly 41 2/3‑year prison term and more than $240 million in restitution.
- Federal officials say the scheme diverted about $242 million from a pandemic-era child nutrition program, 79 people have been charged with about 66 convictions so far, and investigators are expanding probes and prompting state oversight changes.