A federal judge has sentenced 24-year-old Abdimajid Mohamed Nur of Shakopee, Minnesota, to 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $48 million in restitution for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, the largest pandemic-related fraud in the U.S., the Department of Justice announced Monday.
Nur was among the first 47 individuals charged in connection with the scheme in 2022. He also pleaded guilty to bribing a juror in the case.
According to prosecutors, Nur and six co-conspirators fraudulently received roughly $40 million between May 2020 and January 2022, though officials say the total stolen exceeded $47 million. The scheme began at Empire Cuisine and Market in Shakopee, a halal market that enrolled in the Federal Child Nutrition Program in April 2020. The market falsely claimed to serve thousands of meals to children, receiving federal reimbursements for meals that were never provided.
Court records indicate Nur created Nur Consulting LLC in April 2021 to funnel and launder funds from Empire Cuisine and other entities involved in the scheme.
In September 2022, Nur was charged with wire fraud conspiracy, multiple counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering. He was found guilty in June 2024 on 10 of the 13 counts.
The judge also ordered Nur to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
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