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Prosecutors say the defendants created companies that claimed to be offering food to thousands of Minnesota children, then sought reimbursement through the Agriculture Department's federal child nutrition programs. Many of the companies that claimed to be serving food were sponsored by a nonprofit called Feeding Our Future, which submitted the claims for reimbursement.
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In Minnesota, meals have historically been provided to kids through educational programs. The sites that serve the food are sponsored by public or nonprofit groups, such as Feeding Our Future. The sponsoring agency keeps 10% to 15% of the reimbursement as an administrative fee. But during the pandemic, some of the standard requirements for sites to participate in the federal food nutrition programs were waived.
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The Justice Department has made prosecuting pandemic-related fraud a priority. The department has taken enforcement actions related to more than $8 billion in suspected fraud. [This case is] the largest scheme yet.