Minneapolis Woman Sentenced to Over Four Years for Her Role in the $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme

(KNSI) — A Minneapolis woman will spend more than four years in prison for her role in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scam.

Court documents say, from December 2020 through January 2022, 63-year-old Sahra Nur was the owner and operator of S & S Catering Incorporated. She initially enrolled in the federal child nutrition program as a food distribution site under the Feeding Our Future sponsorship. As the fraud scheme progressed, S & S Catering operated as a vendor for other food distribution sites affiliated with the organization. Between September 2020 and April 2021, Nur claimed to have served over 1.2 million meals to children from S & S Catering alone. Between December 2020 and December 2021, sites that used S & S Catering as a vendor reported serving more than eight million meals through the food program. Based on their fraudulent claims, S & S Catering received more than $10 million in payments from these companies they purportedly served food to, and over $16 million in reimbursements from Feeding Our Future.

Rather than feed kids, she is accused of misappropriating the funds for her own personal benefit, such as buying up commercial real estate.

Nur was one of eight defendants charged in a 23-count indictment in September 2022. On September 7th, 2023, Nur pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.

After her prison sentence is up, Nur will be on two years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution.

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