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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is facing severe legal jeopardy and intense scrutiny following the emergence of evidence directly linking her to the massive $250 million “Feeding Our Future” federal pandemic fraud scheme, the largest known COVID-19 relief fraud case in Minnesota history.
The core of the allegations implicating Omar focuses on a direct legislative and promotional tie to the organization, combined with financial benefits to her political campaigns:
She authored the “Meals Act” that allowed the organization to receive federal funds.
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 people coming and going during a six-week period. Another site, a deli in St. Paul, claimed 1,800 meals per day but saw an average of only 23 people daily.
Fabricated Records: Investigators seized invoices and emails showing links to websites that randomly generated names and ages to create fictional rosters of children who were supposedly served meals.
Kickbacks and Bribery: The executive director of Feeding Our Future, Amy Bach, is charged with wire fraud and bribery for alleged kickbacks she received from the sites involved in the scheme.