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Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud: $250 million in alleged meal-program theft, federal convictions, and state scrutiny of Ilhan Omar’s MEALS Act
Federal prosecutors allege at least $250 million stolen through Feeding Our Future and affiliated meal sites. Dozens of defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial. Separate from those charges, Minnesota lawmakers have questioned Omar’s MEALS Act and her 2020 praise of a restaurant later linked to the network.
By Newsorga desk