The Federal Bureau of Investigation says a federal fraud suspect turned himself in after being placed on the newly created “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list.
Said Abdullahi Ereg was indicted in the Feeding Our Future scam in June 2024, but the U.S. District Attorney’s office said he was living overseas and his exact whereabouts were unknown.
Prosecutors say Ereg falsely claimed to have served ‘3,000 meals, twice a day, seven days a week’ as part of the scheme.
Ereg turned himself in just one day after the fraudsters list was announced.
Prosecutors claim Ereg received more than $4.2 million in funds from the Federal Child Nutrition Program after submitting false reimbursement claims through a deli and grocery business he owned in Minneapolis.
Ereg’s Evergreen Grocery and Deli participated in the “Feeding
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