(MNN)-Another defendant in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme is going to federal prison. Abdul Abubakar Ali was sentenced Monday to one year and one day behind bars. Ali pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors say he used a nonprofit called Youth Investors Lab to falsely claim roughly 1.5 million meals through the Federal Child Nutrition Program. Ali’s cooperation was noticed, and he’s paid over $92,000 back. A total of 79 people have pleaded guilty or been convicted in the fraud scheme.
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Tropical Storm Edouard has weakened into a depression but is still dumping heavy rain and flooding parts of Texas
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China presses the US for answers after a man dies hours after entering ICE custody
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Two men sentenced for deadly mass shooting at downtown Minneapolis bar
Hennepin County Judge Juan Hoyos sentenced Arlonzo Williams Jr. to nearly 73 years in prison for the October murder of 21-year-old DaMarco Fletcher Jr. Hoyos also sentenced an accomplice to nearly 60 years in prison.
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