Overview
- Abdirashid Bixi Dool, 36, was indicted on seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering and made his initial federal court appearance on Monday.
- Prosecutors allege Dool operated through Bilaal Mosque Inc. and Multicultural Resource Center Inc., enrolling Pelican Rapids and Moorhead locations under Feeding Our Future.
- Dool is accused of reporting more than 40,000 meals per week, including 6,000 per day at the Bilaal site, a figure exceeding the town’s population, supported by fake invoices and rosters.
- Between March 2021 and February 2022, the two sites received about $1.1 million, which prosecutors say was largely laundered to Dool, a co-conspirator, and their families, with spending on travel and Minnesota real estate.
- The investigation by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and IRS-CI is part of what DOJ calls the nation’s largest COVID-related nutrition-funds fraud, as a separate defendant, Abdimajid M. Nur, was sentenced to 10 years earlier the same day.