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F.B.I. Sees ‘Massive Fraud’ in Groups’ Food Programs for Needy Children
NYTimes ^ | 03/09/2022

Posted on 03/09/2022 2:50:25 PM PST by devane617

MINNEAPOLIS — Last year, with the federal government making available huge new sums of money for programs to feed needy children during the pandemic, a nonprofit organization called Advance Youth Athletic Development set up what it described as an enormous child care operation in northeast Minneapolis that could prepare 5,000 dinners each weeknight.

Based on the group’s claims, the State of Minnesota channeled $3.2 million of the federal food aid to the program.

But on a subzero morning in January, the F.B.I. carried out a series of predawn raids around the region. It revealed a sprawling investigation into Advance Youth Athletic Development and other groups like it — and the much larger nonprofit organization, Feeding Our Future, that was responsible for ensuring that the money provided to the smaller groups was spent properly.

In court filings, the F.B.I. said it had discovered a “massive fraud scheme” among groups that Feeding Our Future was supposed to oversee, saying they siphoned off tens of millions of dollars by charging taxpayers for nonexistent meals.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aimeebock; childcare; crime; fbi; feedingourfuture; feedthechildren; fof; foodprogram; fraud; ilhanomar; minnesota; racketeering; somalis
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I know paywall, but important story. I hope a couple savvy creepers can dig into these groups. I'd love to see the faces behind this.
1 posted on 03/09/2022 2:50:25 PM PST by devane617
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freepers damn auto spell


2 posted on 03/09/2022 2:50:56 PM PST by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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a series of predawn raids around the region. It revealed a sprawling investigation

Raids revealed an investigation?

Who wrote this? A Special Ed class?

3 posted on 03/09/2022 2:54:14 PM PST by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: devane617

Start with a search for Aimee Bock.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/feeding-our-future-investigation-court-oversee-dissolution-process-keith-ellison/


4 posted on 03/09/2022 2:56:50 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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ANY Democrat run program of any kind is by definition a massive fraud.


5 posted on 03/09/2022 2:57:13 PM PST by Da Coyote
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We already know the culprits were Somalian’s. This is Omar’s people.


6 posted on 03/09/2022 2:57:38 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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Look up Aimee Bock.


7 posted on 03/09/2022 2:59:36 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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Can’t recall for sure, but I recall seeing a similar story out Minnesota a few months ago. The culprits were Somali immigrants.


8 posted on 03/09/2022 3:02:47 PM PST by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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Must have been tipped off to something run by Republicans.


9 posted on 03/09/2022 3:03:31 PM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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” Attorney General Keith Ellison “

OK, case closed...no fraud found and no charges will be filed.


10 posted on 03/09/2022 3:03:47 PM PST by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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The FBI is just figuring this out now?


11 posted on 03/09/2022 3:05:49 PM PST by glorgau
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Gee, I wonder who was running the Advance Youth Athletic Development program?


12 posted on 03/09/2022 3:08:09 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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#6: "We already know the culprits were Somalians. This is Omar's people."

That's for sure. Somalians are like Gypsies, involved in every kind of scam imaginable. They are particularly adept at gaming the system. Somalians are regular caught fleeing the country with hundreds of thousands of dollars stuffed into suitcases. Somalians never saw a government program which they couldn't exploit.

One of the worst mistakes we ever made was letting in Somalians. They are going to be a perpetual tumor upon America.

13 posted on 03/09/2022 3:09:59 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Freepers, Creepers, where did you get those Peepers!


14 posted on 03/09/2022 3:12:24 PM PST by OLDCU
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“One of the worst mistakes we ever made was letting in Somalians. They are going to be a perpetual tumor upon America.”

Absolutely correct.


15 posted on 03/09/2022 3:12:49 PM PST by MplsSteve
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“One of the worst mistakes we ever made was letting in Somalians. They are going to be a perpetual tumor upon America.”

Arnold says, "They're not a Tooomah!"

16 posted on 03/09/2022 3:14:18 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Lotsa Somalis in Minneapolis. They are masters at taking your tax dollars.


17 posted on 03/09/2022 3:16:07 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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Feeding our Future – a Twin Cities nonprofit which claimed to be feeding tens of thousands of hungry children – has dissolved, as the organization faces a federal investigation into an alleged large-scale fraud scheme.

In January, federal agents executed search warrants on more than a dozen properties connected to the nonprofit, as FBI warrants alleged a pattern of deception, money laundering and fraud. Investigators said almost none of the money went towards feeding children and instead had been laundered through shell organizations before it was spent on cars and luxury properties.
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/02/25/feeding-our-future-dissolves-amid-federal-investigation/


18 posted on 03/09/2022 3:18:31 PM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: Da Coyote

the Big Guy not gettin’ his piece of the action...


19 posted on 03/09/2022 3:18:47 PM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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“The nonprofit was founded in 2017, and went from taking $2.9 million in federal funding to more than $197 million in 2021.”

Man oh man...Where does all the money come from? Our pockets.


20 posted on 03/09/2022 3:25:09 PM PST by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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