Overview
- Federal prosecutors charged Abdirashid Bixi Dool, 36, in a seven-count indictment alleging wire fraud and money laundering, and he made his initial court appearance on Monday.
- Prosecutors say Dool ran meal sites through Bilaal Mosque Inc. in Pelican Rapids and Multicultural Resource Center Inc. in Moorhead under Feeding Our Future’s sponsorship.
- The indictment alleges Dool claimed more than 40,000 meals per week, including 6,000 per day at the Bilaal site, and submitted fake invoices and phony rosters to support reimbursements.
- Between March 2021 and February 2022, the two sites received about $1.1 million in federal child-nutrition funds, which prosecutors say were largely laundered to Dool, a co-conspirator, and their families, including spending on travel and Minnesota real estate.
- The investigation by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and IRS-CI continues as courts sentence earlier defendants, including a 10-year term and roughly $47.9 million restitution order for Abdimajid M. Nur.