A Minneapolis man who bought a house with federal funds that were supposed to be used for feeding children during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to 43 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release.
Abdullahe Nur Jesow was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $866,458 for being part of Feeding Our Future’s $250 million fraud scheme that exploited funds from a Federal Child Nutrition Program meal distribution site during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The sentence handed down today should be a clear message to those who would seek to enrich themselves by defrauding critical child nutrition programs,” FBI Minneapolis Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher D. Dotson said in a news release on April 9….