May 22, 2026
A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 500 months in prison for her lead role in a $250 million scheme that defrauded a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
January 16, 2025
A Minnesota nonprofit director accused of orchestrating a $250 million fraud scheme using funds from a COVID-19 federal food program has told a federal judge that prosecutors are wrong to argue that her lawyer's testimony at her impending trial will waive her attorney-client privilege, since the lawyer would be discussing facts, not advice.
September 11, 2023
Four conspirators, including a pair of catering business owners, have admitted to participating in what's referred to as the largest COVID-19 prosecution to date, which netted 47 conspirators scheming to gain $250 million by defrauding a federal food program providing free meals to underserved youth, prosecutors announced Friday.
September 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday unveiled what it called the largest pandemic fraud prosecution to date, charging 47 defendants with conspiring to gain $250 million by scamming a federal program that provides free meals to children.