4 More Plead Guilty in $250M Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme

MINNEAPOLIS — Four more people admitted to their roles in a scheme to defraud the federal government out of $250 million intended to feed kids during the COVID-19 pandemic., U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced Friday.

Now defunct nonprofit Feeding Our Future sponsored shell companies that would falsely claim to have fed needy children and submit fraudulent claims for federal reimbursement, authorities said.

Since September 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed criminal charges against more than 50 people in connection to the Feeding Our Future scheme. At least six people so far have agreed to plea-guilty deals.

On Friday, the following individuals pleaded guilty to charges including money laundering, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud:

• Qamar Hassan, 54, of Brooklyn Park
• Abdikadir Kadiye, 51, of Minneapolis
• Yusuf Ali, 41, of Vadnais Heights
• Sahra Nur, 62, of Saint Anthony

Sentencing hearings have not yet been scheduled.

S & S Catering

Together, Nur and Hassan ran S & S Catering Inc., a catering business that participated in the scheme as a fake distribution site for meals reimbursed by the federal government, authorities said.

Between December 2020 and December 2021, S & S Catering fraudulently claimed to provide more than 8 million meals to needy children as a vendor to sites participating in the federal food program.

In total, Hassan and her co-conspirators received more than $16.5 million in federal reimbursements, according to investigators.

Hobyo Health Care Foundation

Kadiye was the president of Hobyo Health Care Foundation and throughout 2021, falsely claimed to have served at least 445,000 meals to needy children at his sites in Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, and Minneapolis, authorities said.

Kadiye submitted more than $1.1 million in fraudulent claims for federal funds, according to investigators. He used that money to buy a laundromat including a 2022 BMW SUV that cost over $100,000.