Feeding Our Future fraud: 2 set for sentencing
Two more people convicted in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme will learn how much time they will spend in prison. Najmo Ahmed pleaded guilty to receiving more than $4.2 million after fraudulently claiming to serve 1.4 million meals to children, with prosecutors stating the laundered money was used to fund a lavish lifestyle. Another defendant, Asha Jama, will also be sentenced for defrauding the child nutrition program of more than $5 million.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Another defendant in the massive Feeding our Future fraud scheme was sentenced Tuesday in Minneapolis Federal Court.
Asha Jama gets 6 months in prison
What we know:
Asha Jama was sentenced to six months in federal prison. That will be followed by six months of home confinement, and one year of supervised release. Jama is also required to pay $449,000 in…
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