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Fraudsters Behind Pandemic Food Scam Sentenced | Minneapolis News
Two more key players in the $250 million pandemic food fraud case just got prison time—Hussein Mohamed Farah, head of a fake nonprofit, sentenced to 20 months and ordered to repay $470K for faking meal counts; Omar-Hashim, who ran a financial firm that falsified records for fraudsters, got three years after admitting his company inflated meal claims by over 1.6 million in a single year. This isn’t just a few crooks—it’s a multi-layered scheme involving nonprofits and finance firms exploiting a crisis meant to feed kids. With millions still missing and more sentences looming, this case…
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