Minnesota’s sprawling Somali-linked fraud networks may be far larger and more deeply embedded than the public was ever told. What was originally reported as a $250 million “Feeding Our Future” scandal and later acknowledged as a $1 billion fraud may now exceed $8 BILLION, according to whistleblowers and new federal investigations.
In an explosive announcement on X, U.S. Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler revealed that numerous individuals and nonprofits indicted in the Minnesota COVID-relief scandal also received SBA PPP loans and other federal payouts, suggesting a coordinated, multi-agency exploitation of pandemic programs.
“Numerous individuals and nonprofits indicted in the $1 billion Minnesota COVID fraud scandal, including Feeding Our Future, received SBA PPP loans in addition to other state and federal funding,” Loeffler wrote on X Tuesday.
“I have ordered an investigation into the network of Somali organizations and executives implicated in these schemes. Despite Governor Walz’s best efforts to obstruct, SBA continues to work to expose abuse and hold perpetrators accountable, full stop.”
$8 billion is just a drop in a bucket.