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 ...
Federal agents executed search warrants on more than a dozen properties connected to what FBI search warrants call an alleged pattern of deception, money laundering and fraud by a Minneapolis organization claiming to feed at-risk children.
The documents claim the organization Feeding Our Future had worked with dozens of individuals from across the Twin Cities to steal tens of millions of dollars from the federally funded USDA Summer Food Services Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Feeding Our Future executive director Aimee Bock did not respond to calls for comment Thursday evening.
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/01/21/fbi-warrants-say-twin-cities-organization-claiming-to-feed-children-instead-spent-money-on-cars-trips-and-homes/
Somalis. Here’s a youtube of the group that stole the money:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVOPwtOzA1k
“Another operation, housed in the nearby Safari Restaurant, claimed to be feeding 6,000 children a day on its own — more than the total number of children living in the restaurant’s ZIP code. Ms. Bock said the children came from surrounding areas, because the food was appropriate for East African immigrants, many of whom live in the area.”
How quickly the Somalis learned to game our system.
You’ll see it anywhere you look in America.
Powerline has been covering this story for at least 2 years.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/03/in-free-lunch-food-fraud-the-times-takes-note.php
Thank you...Excellent coverage!
ya well most of it is overseen by blacks.... which translates to not a GD thing is going to become of it...
There is so much money laundering going on we may as well rebrand the Gumment the “Tides..”
I’ve seen this before. It’s Somalians who are defrauding the government and sending the money out of country.
Ilhan Omar (not her real name) is a Somalian.
“No news here folks, keep moving along …”
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