Mekfira Hussein and Abduljabar Hussein charged with fraud

Mekfira Hussein and Abduljabar Hussein have been indicted for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

According to court documents, Mekfira Hussein, 38, was the president and owner of Shamsia Hopes, a nonprofit corporation located in Brooklyn Center that operated Federal Child Nutrition Program sites under the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future. Mekfira’s husband, Abduljabar Hussein, 42, created a company, Oromia Feeds LLC, that purported to provide food to children at Shamsia Hopes’ sites in Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, and Fridley.

Hussein Complaint

Bill from AmericanExperiment has done some research on Mekfira Hussein and her feed the kids: Check it out: Feeding Our Future: Is all hope lost?

Here’s great timeline: Tracking the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal

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