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Posted on 04/17/2026 2:02:46 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced Friday that its National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) thwarted fraud schemes targeting $340 million in taxpayer funds in its first week on the job — with more than $10 million paid back in restitution.
The NFED’s first big win was the sentencing of Abdullahe Nur Jesow April 9 to three years and seven months in prison for his role in bilking taxpayers out of $250 million meant for a child nutrition program that operated out of a bogus headquarters in Minneapolis during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funds weren’t spent by the co-conspirators — many of whom were part of the Twin Cities Somali community — on feeding needy kids but on luxury cars and real estate holdings abroad.
Jesow was also ordered to pay $866,458 in restitution, while two other convicts — Gandi and Suleman Mohamed — will pay $1.3 million and $8.66 million back to the government as a result of their guilty pleas to the Feeding Our Future scheme.
Federal prosecutors additionally secured a guilty plea from a former San Diego teacher who racked up nearly $51 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare, laundering at least $14 million of that sum and paying another $3.7 million out in kickbacks.
Other sentences in the past week included $933,438 in restitution from a grifter in Oregon who submitted falsified unemployment applications and another scammer in Pennsylvania who misappropriated COVID relief funds.
Federal agents also arrested five fraudsters in Indiana, Kentucky and Colorado for defrauding a COVID relief program out of $1.6 million.
“The National Fraud Enforcement Division is committed to prosecuting anyone who steals from American taxpayers,” said the fraud division’s lead, assistant attorney general Colin McDonald.
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Maybe I’m being picky, but the story seems to say that in their very first week, they sentenced a guy to more than 3 years in jail.
Well, sounds good. And I like swift justice. But ... are we talking about a government team conducting an investigation, gathering evidence, scheduling a trial, reaching a verdict, and deciding on a prison sentence ... all in 1 week?
All I’m looking for is good work to reduce fraud and send bad guys to prison. I don’t need fiction.
“...bilking taxpayers out of $250 million...
Jesow was also ordered to pay $866,458 in restitution,
Gandi and Suleman Mohamed
will pay $1.3 million and $8.66 million back...”
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Stole $250 million,
paid back $11 million.
Did they look into Mandami’s grocery stores?
So what does the GAO do now?
Abdullahe Nur Jesow, Gandi and Suleman Mohamed steal $250M.
They (theorgetically) will pay restitution of $0.9M + $1.3M + 8.7M = $11M.
Now I’m old and my arithmetic skills aren’t what they used to be, but I kind of recall 11 << 250.
Three years and seven months in prison with $240M parked somewhere waiting for you to get out. He’ll probably out in 12-18 months, too.
Good “work” if you can get it.
Color me cynical.
So, crime does pay after all.
Stole $250 million,
paid back $11 million.
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That has me shaking my head too. Should get at least 30 years in prison until all is accounted for.
“...bilking taxpayer out of $250 million...
Jesow was also ordered to pay $866,458 in restitution,
Gandi and Suleman Mohamed
will pay $1.3 million and $8.66 million back...”
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Stole $250 million,
paid back $11 million.
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Sounds like “Good work if you can get it”.
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Stole $250 million,
paid back $11 million.
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Crime pays
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