Feeding Our Future fraud ring's alleged No. 2 appears in court after Somalia arrest
Abdikerm Eidleh, a key figure in the $300 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, has appeared in a Minnesota federal court following his arrest in Somalia. Prosecutors allege he served as the second-in-command of the operation and face 31 charges including wire fraud and money laundering.
Why it matters
The arrest marks a significant milestone in the prosecution of a massive federal fraud case involving over 70 guilty pleas to date.
The man federal prosecutors are calling "one of the biggest fish" in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme made his first court appearance Friday.Forty-two-year-old Abdikerm Eidleh appeared in federal court in St. Paul on Friday, just weeks after he was arrested in Mogadishu. The FBI says he fled the country four years ago after being indicted in the Feeding Our Future scheme and was arrested with help from the Somali government.Prosecutors have outlined the 31 charges Eidleh is facing, including wire fraud, federal programs bribery and money laundering.During an interview shortly after his arrest in June, Daniel Rosen, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, called Eidleh the No. 2 operator in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme — second only to Aimee Bock."Mr. Eidleh is one of those big fish.
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