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How They Did It: Former Fed Prosecutor Reveals How 'Shockingly Easy' It Was to Pull Off MN Fraud Scam
RedState ^ | 12/11/2025 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 12/13/2025 11:51:56 PM PST by SmokingJoe

As we’ve reported, federal prosecutors have uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota’s federally funded food child nutrition programs, where scammers – many of them of Somalian descent – allegedly ripped off over a billion dollars from taxpayers. Some are predicting the end of Gov. Tim Walz’s political career, as this went down under his watch, and it’s been revealed that Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) held her campaign victory party in 2018 at a restaurant owned by a man who was convicted in March on 21 counts related to the scandal, including wire fraud, federal programs bribery and money laundering.

Not a good look.

What’s stunning about these massive crimes is just how easy they were to pull off, according to former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab, who worked on the Feeding Our Future case. Feeding Our Future was the non-profit that claimed to provide meals to low‑income children, but in reality, was just taking the money and running off with it.

Teirab, who ran for Congress as a Republican in 2024 but lost to a Democrat in the deep blue state, said all you needed was a computer and the ability to lie at will:

"When I was on the Feeding Our Future case, the big thing that jumped out to me was, honestly, how easy this fraud was to do," Teirab told Fox News Digital. "I mean, these fraudsters were just saying that they were spending all this money on feeding kids, and they were just making up these PDFs, putting false names into Excel sheets. I could do that in five minutes on a computer if I had absolutely no conscience."

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KEYWORDS: 2018; bribery; charities; feedingourfuture; fraud; graft; ilhanomar; joeteirab; mealstosteals; minnesota; moneylaundering; nonprofits; omar; redstate; scam; somalia; somalis; teirab; terrorcharities; walz; wirefraud
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1 posted on 12/13/2025 11:51:56 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
Corrected link.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/12/11/how-they-did-it-former-fed-prosecutor-reveals-how-shockingly-easy-it-was-to-pull-off-mn-fraud-scam-n2197052

2 posted on 12/13/2025 11:56:14 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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Easy. A trifecta of “victimhood” with white guilt ridden progs.

Black, Muslim, Somalis. + America hating white guilt progs. = fraud.


3 posted on 12/13/2025 11:56:44 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: SmokingJoe

False names, false or no SS numbers. Who keeps writing appropriation bills that shovel the money to these NGOs? Can’t Congressional staff read these things before Reps vote for them or is everybody getting kickbacks?


4 posted on 12/13/2025 11:57:07 PM PST by Kudsman (Chuck Grassley too old to fight? Lead or get out of the way. Kill the blue slip collaboration.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Your link goes to a YouTube video. Here is the link to the article:

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/12/11/how-they-did-it-former-fed-prosecutor-reveals-how-shockingly-easy-it-was-to-pull-off-mn-fraud-scam-n2197052


5 posted on 12/13/2025 11:57:41 PM PST by CFW
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To: SmokingJoe

Walz was not duped, he was complicit.


6 posted on 12/13/2025 11:59:38 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: Organic Panic
TASHELLA SHERI AMORE DICKERSON - BLM fraud.

It is a whole stinking industry of race GRAFT.

7 posted on 12/14/2025 12:02:51 AM PST by Kudsman (Chuck Grassley too old to fight? Lead or get out of the way. Kill the blue slip collaboration.)
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To: CFW

See post 2.


8 posted on 12/14/2025 12:02:55 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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massive fraud in Minnesota’s federally funded food child nutrition programs, where scammers – many of them of Somalian descent – allegedly ripped off over a billion dollars from taxpayers

I hope Bondi is up for it.

Number of Minnesota Somalis prosecuted for fraud by Biden DOJ: 79
Number of Minnesota Somalis prosecuted for fraud by Trump DOJ: 0

9 posted on 12/14/2025 12:42:36 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman
Reality.

Grok:

No, the claim is not accurate.
The major fraud cases involving members of Minnesota's Somali community—primarily the Feeding Our Future scheme (exploiting federal child nutrition programs during COVID, with ~$250–300 million stolen) and related schemes in autism services and housing stabilization—began surfacing with federal indictments in 2022, under the Biden administration's DOJ.

These cases have led to charges against 70–86 individuals (sources vary slightly, with recent DOJ announcements reaching the 78th defendant), of whom more than 90% are of Somali descent (around 72–86 people). Convictions number in the dozens (e.g., 56–59 reported across reports).

The fraud itself largely occurred during 2020–2022 (spanning the end of the Trump administration and start of Biden's), but federal prosecutions (indictments, trials, and convictions) overwhelmingly happened post-2021 under Biden's DOJ.

10 posted on 12/14/2025 1:03:48 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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Almost all the mass Somali fraud was committed under Biden so of course Biden should have prosecuted most of the fraud.


11 posted on 12/14/2025 1:06:26 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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Some people, from early in life, always look from the view point of view “what’s in it for me” “how do I get what I want” and they’ll usually end up using any way, taking advantage of people or systems to get what they want.

Short version: some people influenced by, or sold their soul to the devil.


12 posted on 12/14/2025 1:22:59 AM PST by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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Almost all the mass Somali fraud was committed under Biden so of course Biden should have prosecuted most of the fraud.

DOJ is claiming a total of $1 billion Somali fraud in Minnesota, but Feed our Future accounts for $250-300 million of that swindle. Nobody has been charged yet for around 70-75 percent of the stolen money. Like I said, I hope Bondi is up for it.

13 posted on 12/14/2025 1:23:03 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Prosecutions are ongoing.


14 posted on 12/14/2025 1:27:53 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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Prosecutions are ongoing.

My internet research shows no new prosecutions in the Trump DOJ even though additional massive fraud was found in Medicare payoffs. They are still under "investigation." They are currently only handling the prosecutions from the Biden era.

Do you understand what I'm trying to say? Huge new fraud by Minnesota Somalis was discovered by federal investigators in the past three months, but nobody has been charged for it.

This is why Elon Musk left DOGE in disgust.

15 posted on 12/14/2025 1:39:22 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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And the Trump Treasury Department too:

BREAKING HEAT ON MN FRAUD SYNDICATE—TREASURY DROPS THE HAMMER THIS WEEK

Just yesterday (Dec 12), Treasury Sec Scott Bessent announced a full-court press: Geographic Targeting Order on money services businesses (hawala fronts) to track every wire to Somalia. Treasury boots on the ground in MN, FinCEN notices incoming, IRS audits locked in. “Egregious fraud… hundreds of millions… funds sent to Somalia.” They're coming for the strip-mall laundromats.

Hours later (Dec 13), Fox drops court exhibits: grifters blew stolen meal money on mansions, Mercedes, Rolls-Royces, Dubai gold—photos straight from trial. Same crew that claimed “feeding kids” while buying lake houses and Maldives honeymoons.
Past 7 days: 10-year sentence (Dec 11) for Empire Cuisine ringleader who looted $48M. Convictions stacking—over 50 guilty pleas, 78 indicted total in FOF alone. Broader scams (autism, housing) pushing statewide theft north of $1B.

Walz’s “prevention” office? Still a joke. Nonprofit corpse-humpers sweating hard—January 20th is six weeks out, and the cavalry's already raiding the wire rooms.

Navy vet Phillip Parrish called this racket years ago while the DFL machine looked away. Now the feds are using my maps. Time to drain it all. #MNFraud #Parrish4Gov #HawalaHammer

https://x.com/i/status/1999945051158224955

16 posted on 12/14/2025 1:40:39 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

See 16.
Where did you do your “internet research” at?
On Mars?
Look at X.


17 posted on 12/14/2025 1:44:22 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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Where did you do your “internet research” at? On Mars?

I can't help it if there is four inches of rock surrounding your brain. I asked Grok3 these two questions:

"How many Somalis in Minnesota did the Biden DOJ prosecute for fraud?"

Grok: "Approximately 86 individuals were charged across these interconnected cases, with more than 90% (around 78–82) of Somali descent or from Minnesota's Somali community. This includes:

Up to 78 defendants in the core Feeding Our Future case (most of Somali descent, though the nonprofit's founder, Aimee Bock, is not).

Additional defendants in overlapping autism and housing fraud indictments."

"How many Somalis in Minnesota has the Trump DOJ prosecuted in 2025 for fraud, not counting the ones prosecuted by the Biden DOJ?"

Grok: "Zero.

In 2025, under the Trump administration (which began its second term in January 2025), the U.S. Department of Justice has not initiated or announced any new federal prosecutions of Somalis in Minnesota for fraud schemes separate from the ongoing cases that originated under the Biden administration."

18 posted on 12/14/2025 2:01:58 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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Grok:

"False.
The statement claims that in 2025, under the second Trump administration (which began January 20, 2025), the U.S. Department of Justice initiated or announced no new federal prosecutions of Somalis in Minnesota for fraud schemes separate from ongoing cases originating under the Biden administration.

Evidence shows the DOJ did initiate and announce new prosecutions in 2025, including schemes distinct from the main Feeding Our Future (FOF) case (which began with major charges in 2022 under Biden).

In September 2025, the DOJ charged Asha Farhan Hassan (and indicated more charges to come) in a new $14 million autism therapy fraud scheme targeting the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program. Prosecutors explicitly described it as the “first defendant” in this autism fraud investigation, involving recruitment from the Somali community and fraudulent billing for non-provided services.

⅞This is separate from the core FOF child nutrition fraud.
Also in 2025, the DOJ announced charges in a housing stabilization services fraud scheme (e.g., eight defendants in one case, many of Somali descent), alleged to involve over $100–300 million in fraudulent claims for non-provided housing assistance."

So you gonna stop lying or not?

19 posted on 12/14/2025 2:13:48 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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Biden Admin had 4 years to prosecute someone, and I doubt anyone was prosecuted in the first two of those years.
Trump has had less than 1 year so far.


20 posted on 12/14/2025 2:22:32 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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