'Feeding Our Future' scam artist agrees to plea deal with a slap-on-the-wrist sentence

The Blaze ^ | March 31, 2026 | Carlos Garcia

[Twotone]

A man who admitted to enriching himself in the "Feeding Our Future" scam was facing up to three years in prison but got a slap on the wrist after agreeing to a plea deal.

Abdul Abubakar Ali claimed to have served up about 1.5 million meals and collected federal funds through the Federal Child Nutrition Program, but prosecutors said he didn't actually serve any at all.

In Oct. 2022, he agreed to plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors said he paid $92,500 in restitution so far and provided valuable information to investigators. He also took responsibility for his actions.

Both the defense and prosecutors asked the judge for a sentence of probation, but the judge sentenced Ali to a year and one day in prison on Monday.

U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Brasel said that his role was too egregious for a probation sentence. She noted that he completely made up the meal count rather than exaggerated them and that he had recruited another person in the scheme.

"Public trust in government programs has been undermined" by the scheme, she added.

More than $3 million was stolen through the scheme, which transferred the money to S & S Catering and laundered the money through Franklyn Transportation, a shell company.

Ali has agreed to turn himself in to federal prison on June 2.

The Trump administration has sent federal investigators to Minnesota in order to probe federal funding fraud, especially from members of the Somali community.

While some have criticized the effort as being animated by racism, others point out that dozens have already been arrested and convicted in the fraud schemes in Minnesota.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: feedingourfuture; pleadeal; scam

[Twotone]

He made a guilty plea in 2022 & is only getting sentenced now? What is wrong with our courts?!

[Responsibility2nd]

AI...

 

Sarah Clarke, the wife of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, has been linked to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal through her former employer, Hylden Advocacy & Law, which provided lobbying services to the non-profit organization at the center of the $250 million scheme.

 

Key details regarding this connection:

• Employment Timeline: Sarah Clarke worked as a lobbyist and Director of Government Affairs at Hylden Advocacy & Law from approximately 2016 to January 2022.
• Feeding Our Future Link: During her time at the firm, Hylden Advocacy & Law represented Feeding Our Future, the non-profit charged with defrauding federal child nutrition programs.
• Departure Timing: Clarke left the firm in January 2022, around the same time federal investigations and FBI raids began, according to reports.
• Other Firm Clients: The firm also lobbied for the Somali Museum of Minnesota, which was founded by Osman Ali, who was involved in a separate fraud case. 

Mayor Frey has stated he was unaware of the fraud and has denied any wrongdoing. Additionally, reports note that eight individuals indicted in the Feeding Our Future scandal donated to Mayor Frey’s 2021 reelection campaign, and at least one former senior policy aide to the mayor was charged in the scheme. 

[wafflehouse]

WHERE’S THE MONEY LEBOWSKI

[FlingWingFlyer]

What are these foreign thieves and freeloader scam artist scum doing “Feeding” their “Future” with whitey’s U.S. tax dollars?

[cuz1961]

3000000 - 92000

2 million 900,8000

Not a bad payday .

Plus 1 year at club fed.

Not much of a detterance .

[The Great RJ]

This is the second incident in Minnesota where major fraud by Somalis was not punished. In another case in November 2025, a Hennepin County judge appointed by Democrat Governor Tim Walz overturned a jury’s guilty verdict against a Somali man convicted of orchestrating a $7.2 million Medicaid fraud scheme.

[sonova]

Abubakar

++++++++++++++++
Guilty!

[torqemada]

WTF?? Taxpayers ripped off for billions in fraud and the crooks are getting sweetheart deals! Unbelievable.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

No punishment for stealing the infidel’s money.

Plus the Judge got a no neck cutting deferment from the musselmen.