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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Woman becomes 71st charged in Feeding Our Future scheme after arrest at MSP airport
Woman becomes 71st charged in Feeding Our Future scheme after arrest at MSP airport originally appeared on Bring Me The News. A 71st suspect in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has been indicted after she allegedly attempted to flee the country to Dubai. Hibo Daar, 50, was apprehended at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport this week, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Daar was attempting to board a plane, with Dubai her ultimate destination. She's since been indicted on two counts of wire fraud in connection with the large-scale COVID child nutrition program fraud. According to court documents, Daar owned and operated Northside Wellness Center and claimed she was using it as a COVID food distribution site under the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future in 2020. Daar claimed to provide 40,000 meals to children every week from a small business park on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis. But Daar used false invoices and attendance records to inflate those numbers, according to court documents. In total, Northside Wellness Center submitted over $2.4 million in reimbursement claims, with Daar receiving $1.7 million in taxpayer dollars. Daar then allegedly transferred most of the money to family, associates and herself. Daar is also accused of paying $72,000 in bribes to a Feeding Our Future employee to process the fraudulent reimbursement claims. 'As we have said, the U.S. Attorney's Office is not stopping. We will continue to investigate and charge defendants who defrauded the government in the Feeding Our Future case – the largest COVID fraud scheme in the country and the single largest case charged in the history of this office,' Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick said in a statement. "Our work is not done." This story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
CBS News
28-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Another person charged in connection to Feeding Our Future fraud investigation
New indictment in the Feeding our Future fraud scheme New indictment in the Feeding our Future fraud scheme New indictment in the Feeding our Future fraud scheme Another person has been charged in federal court tied to the largest pandemic fraud scheme in the country. In an FBI agent's 23-page affidavit, investigators say Hibo Daar used a Gmail account to carry out wire fraud in submitting falsified business records to Feeding Our Future. Prosecutors say because there were no Google servers in Minnesota, that means the fraud traveled across state lines. They also found evidence of outlandish numbers on their invoices. According to court documents, Daar's food site, Northside Wellness Center, claimed to serve 52,000 meals in the month of January 2021. Prosecutors say by April that same year, they claimed to serve 40,000 meals every week. Another vendor invoice submitted by Northside Wellness claimed they bought 3,000 gallons of milk in a single month. Last week, there was another raid at New Vision Foundation. Court documents say the nonprofit claimed to serve thousands of meals to children daily in St. Paul and Waite Park. Neighboring business owners told investigators they didn't see kids at the locations. There are no charges tied to that Saint Paul raid at this time. 44 defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted in the Justice Department's Feeding Our Future investigation, which includes Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock. Bock's appeal remains ongoing. In all, the scheme diverted $250 million in federal funds during a time when the rules were relaxed in order to keep the U.S. economy running.
