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Federal authorities charged 47 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts on Tuesday in what they said was a massive scheme that took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to steal $250 million from a federal program that provides meals to low-income children.
U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger called it "the largest pandemic fraud in the United States," CBS Minnesota reports.
Luger said the defendants are charged with federal crimes including "conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering and paying and receiving illegal kickbacks," the station reported.
Luger said the defendants took $250 million from a federal child nutrition program, which was to be used to "feed needy children." Instead, Luger alleges, the defendants "primarily pocketed the money for themselves."
Prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be offering food to tens of thousands of children across Minnesota, then sought reimbursement for those meals through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food nutrition programs. Prosecutors say few meals were actually served, and the defendants used the money to buy luxury cars, property and jewelry.
Many of the companies that claimed to be serving food were sponsored by a nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, which submitted the companies' claims for reimbursement. Feeding Our Future's founder and executive director Aimee Bock was among those indicted, and authorities say she and others in her organization submitted the fraudulent claims for reimbursement and received kickbacks.
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В Миннесоте чиновники и бизнесмены украли четверть миллиарда долларов, которые были выделены федералами на питание детям из нищих семей. В процессе участвовала куча народа, которые давали взятки, чтобы поучаствовать в распиле. Теперь их судят. Посмотрим какие будут приговоры и кому именно. Только ли одной чиновнице или бизнесменам, которые давали взятки тоже. Думаю, бизнес, как везде, соскочит. Максимум, отделаются штрафами. А вот чиновница присядет