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The thieving Somalis colluded to recruit other Somalis to open
phony Child Nutrition Program sites throughout Walz’s Minnesota.
<><>They fraudulently claimed 1000’s of children a day were fed within just days or weeks of being formed.
<><>they created dozens of phony shell companies to enroll in the federal program
<><>phony shell companies were invented to receive and launder the $250 million fraudulent proceeds
<><>they falsified documents to get their hands on tax dollars
<><>They submitted fraudulent data to document the number of children and meals served
<><>They submitted false invoices purporting to document the purchase of food served to phantom children
<><> The Somalis submitted fake attendance rosters purporting to list the names and ages of children being fed
<><>rosters were fabricated and created using fake names from a website called “www.listofrandomnames.com.”
<><>the federal program only reimbursed for meals served to children,
<><>so the conniving Somalis used an Excel formula to falsify the age column of the rosters.
Despite knowing the claims were fraudulent, the Somali’s phony, “Feeding Our Future,” submitted fraudulent claims and then disbursed the fraudulently obtained Federal Child Nutrition Program funds to the individuals and entities colluding in the scheme.
<><>In exchange for sponsoring these sites’ fraudulent participation in the program, “Feeding Our Future” received more than $18 million in administrative fees to which it was not entitled.
<><>In addition to the administrative fees, Feeding Our Future employees solicited and received bribes and kickbacks from individuals and companies sponsored by Feeding Our Future.
<><>Many of these kickbacks were paid in cash or disguised as “consulting fees” paid to shell companies created by Feeding Our Future employees to make them appear legitimate.
The thieving Somalis went on high-end spending sprees purchasing luxury cars and property