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The Anatomy of the Fraud: Fictional Children and FBI Surveillance
Fictional Meal Counts: The organization claimed to feed over 3.9 million individual children. However, the entire state of Minnesota has only 1.3 million children in total. A basic factual check would have instantly flagged the organization’s claims.
Physical Evidence of Deception: In December 2021, the FBI installed surveillance cameras at key distribution sites, including the Safari Restaurant—the organization’s headquarters, which claimed to serve 4,000 to 6,000 kids per day and took in $12 million in federal payments. FBI testimony revealed that surveillance video showed an average of only 40