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Minn. (Valley News Live) – A Pelican Rapids man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, becoming the 68th defendant convicted in the wide-ranging case, federal prosecutors announced Monday
Abdirashid Bixi Dool, 36, pleaded guilty July 13 to one count of wire fraud. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled
According to court documents, from approximately March 2021 through December 2021, Dool and co-conspirators submitted fraudulent reimbursement claims to Feeding Our Future on behalf of two Minnesota nonprofit organizations, Bilaal Mosque, Inc. and Multicultural Resource Center, Inc. The nonprofits claimed to be operating meal sites in Pelican Rapids and Moorhead that served tens of thousands of meals to children. In reality, the actual number of meals served was only a fraction of what was reported.
Court documents say Dool knowingly submitted falsified meal count sheets, inflated food purchase invoices, and fabricated rosters of children purportedly served at the sites. On some occasions, he falsely claimed the sites served more than 40,000 meals per week
In total, between approximately March 2021 and February 2022, the two nonprofits claimed to have served more than 505,000 meals to children. The fraudulent submissions led the Minnesota Department of Education to pay nearly $1.1 million in federal child-nutrition funds to the two organizations
“This guilty plea is another step toward restoring integrity to programs meant to support children and families, and it highlights the importance of strong interagency cooperation to stop the fraud and seek accountability for taxpayers,” U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said
“Programs like the Federal Child Nutrition Program were created to help children at a time when many families were struggling just to put food on the table,” said Adam Jobes, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Chicago Field Office. “Exploiting that hardship for personal gain is a betrayal of the public’s trust.”
The case was investigated by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, IRS Criminal Investigation, and Homeland Security Investigations as part of an ongoing federal investigation into fraud involving pandemic-related child-nutrition programs
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