Overview
- Ikram Yusuf Mohamed pleaded guilty to wire fraud, admitted using IM Consultation LLC and Star Distribution to divert millions, agreed to repay $1.3 million, and faces roughly 6.5 to 10 years depending on sentencing guidelines.
- Her husband, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, admitted a $1.5 million fraud and keeping $456,000, agreed to restitution, and faces 10 to 27 months with remaining counts to be dismissed at sentencing.
- Gandi Yusuf Mohamed, also known as Gandi Abdi Kediye, rejected a plea that called for 27 to 33 months and is now expected to be the sole defendant at the trial set for April 20.
- Judge Nancy Brasel said several co-defendants are scheduled to change pleas this week, reducing an April docket that had listed seven defendants.
- Authorities say roughly $300 million was stolen and 79 people have been charged, with prosecutors seeking more time for a separate June trial due to staffing shortages after recent resignations linked to Operation Metro Surge; total convictions now stand at 60.