Feeding Our Future Case: Man Must Give Up F-150, Kenya Resort Spot

BROOKLYN PARK, MN — A 42-year-old Brooklyn Park man must forfeit a boat, truck, and Kenyan apartment units after pleading guilty to the federal government's $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case.

Liban Yasin Alishire, 42, of Brooklyn Park became the sixth person on Tuesday to admit to his role in a scheme defrauding the federal government out of money set aside to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alishire helped run the Lake Street Kitchen and Community Enhancement Services. With the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future, Alishire submitted fraudulent claims for reimbursement for serving meals to hundreds or thousands of children a day at Lake Street Kitchen and Community Enhancement Services, according to authorities.

Alishire fraudulently claimed more than $2.4 million in federal funds, authorities said. After Feeding Our Future took its cut, more than $1.7 million was paid to Alishire and his co-conspirators, according to investigators.

A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. But as a part of his plea deal, Alishire must forfeit a boat and trailer, a Ford F-150, an apartment unit in Nairobi and another unit in the Karibu Palms Resort on the Indian Ocean.