From the New York Post: The Somali fraudsters convicted in the Feeding Our Future scandal flaunted government-funded lifestyles and robust real estate portfolios with the millions of dollars they bilked from the federal government.
Brazen scammers stole hundreds of millions of dollars of federal COVID relief funds — spending their loot on tony condos, expensive cars, and real estate projects in Kenya — including a four-story apartment building and luxury resort, according to court documents.
Minny insiders marveled this week to The Post at their sheer chutzpah.
Liban Yasin Alishire, 43, who pleaded guilty in 2023 to wire fraud and money laundering, spent $350,000 from his pilfered payouts on a luxury resort.
The report also zones in on Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 36, who was sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2024 and forced to pay nearly $40 million in restitution.
Farah, 36, claimed to have served 18 million meals to needy children at over 30 sites across Minnesota. But in reality, he used the government money he fraudulently obtained to became a real estate mover-and-shaker, ad built a luxury four-story apartment building in Nairobi.
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In August, we successfully secured the conviction of the Feeding Our Future scheme leader, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah.
– Farah was sentenced to 28 years in prison and ordered to pay over $47 million in restitutionhttps://t.co/w4gwus6LTy
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) December 29, 2025
Somali national Abdiaziz Shafii Farah stole $50 million in taxpayer funds
– A lakefront property
– A Porsche Macan
– First-class flights to Istanbul and Amsterdam
– A honeymoon stay in an overwater villa with private pool in the Maldives
– sent millions to China and Kenya… pic.twitter.com/UsWKLhELzR— Denise (@Likeshesays) December 12, 2025
BREAKING: In Ilhan Omar Minnesota. Somalian immigrant gets 28 years for stealing $48 million
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, a Somali immigrant in Minnesota, just got 28 years in federal prison.
THEY BOUGHT
Luxury cars.
Big houses.
Property overseas.
They tried to bribe a juror with… pic.twitter.com/J8UcgIOuuO— Breuck @ Even Melanin (@BreuckEvnMelann) August 10, 2025
BREAKING: A new @Tim_Walz bombshell just dropped. As governor, Walz let a gang of politically connected Somali fraudsters steal a quarter billion dollars of YOUR money. pic.twitter.com/yQoFjQz8hv
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) August 10, 2024
Some of the Minnesota Somalians convicted in the Feeding Our Future scheme reportedly enjoyed luxurious lifestyles with money stolen from the federal government, the news coming as the state is under scrutiny regarding more alleged fraud. https://t.co/0wHAb7jedd
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 4, 2026
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