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Burnsville woman charged as 75th defendant in Minnesota’s sweeping ‘Feeding Our Future’ case MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Burnsville woman with siphoning nearly $1 million from a taxpayer-funded child nutrition program — the latest arrest in what authorities call the largest COVID-19 fraud case in the United States. Prosecutors say 44-year-old Muna Wais Fidhin misused federal money meant to serve meals to children during the pandemic, instead paying her mortgage, buying a car and sending…

The Final Curtain: Closing a Chapter on Minnesota's High-Profile Courtroom Scandal In the cool corridors of the Minneapolis federal courthouse, a chapter of one of Minnesota’s most extraordinary legal dramas drew to a close. Said Farah, the final defendant in a sensational juror bribery scheme, admitted to his involvement in a plot to sway deliberations in the high-profile Feeding Our Future fraud trial. The guilty plea marks the end of a haunting saga that captured nationwide attention and raised serious questions about…