# Somali Minnesota fraudster is jailed for 30 years for scamming $44m from taxpayers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/somali-minnesota-fraudster-is-jailed-for-30-years-for-scamming-44m-from-taxpayers/
- Published: 2026-10-29T13:50:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T14:03:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249033/somali-minnesota-fraud-salim-said-sentenced.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Salim Said received a 30-year prison sentence.
- Prosecutors said he fraudulently claimed $44 million.
- The wider scheme diverted $250 million in federal funds.

## Summary

Salim Said, a central figure in Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for defrauding taxpayers of $44 million. Prosecutors said he falsely claimed to provide meals to hungry children through COVID-19 programmes, while using the proceeds to support an expensive lifestyle.

Court filings said Said claimed to distribute 6,000 meals a day, although FBI surveillance recorded about 40 people collecting food daily. Prosecutors said he filed thousands of false reimbursement claims over 21 months, listing fictitious children; his purchases included a $1.2 million home and an $87,000 pick-up truck. The wider scheme allegedly diverted $250 million in federal child nutrition funds, and co-defendant Aimee Bock was sentenced to more than 41 years in prison in May.

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