Overview
- Gandi Yusuf Mohamed pleaded guilty Thursday to money laundering after using his companies, GAK Properties and GIF Properties, to move about $1.3 million in fraud proceeds, and his sentencing will be set later.
- Abdullahe Nur Jesow, who claimed 1.7 million meals at a Minneapolis site, was sentenced Thursday to 43 months in prison and ordered to repay $866,458 after prosecutors said he used the money for personal costs including a home.
- Suleman Yusuf Mohamed, who ran the vendor Star Distribution, pleaded guilty April 2 after receiving about $10.1 million for purported 4.8 million meals and agreed to pay $8,662,287 in restitution.
- Prosecutors now tally 65 convictions in a scheme that siphoned pandemic child-nutrition funds in Minnesota, with roughly 79 people charged and more sentencings to follow.
- The Justice Department says these cases are part of its new National Fraud Enforcement Division’s push, which points to continued crackdowns on abuse of federal relief programs.