Minnesota nonprofit raided by the Feds — and the FBI claims its records saying it fed 1M children ‘are phony’

[Bum]

A Minnesota nonprofit has been raided by the Feds in a new investigation more than a year after last year’s $250 million-meal program fraud scheme. In those allegations, Feeding Our Future is said to have had scammers steal hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded nutrition programs for hungry children during the early days of the pandemic.
Now, more than a year later, New Vision Foundation (NVF) in Saint Paul is the focus of yet another Feeding Our Future meal fraud investigation.

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From the article, Feeding our Future claimed to have delivered one million meals in an 8 month period....which I find impressive; however, the combined populations of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is less than that.

According to Feed or Future ( before it was shut down) at its peak, the organization listed 299 "meal sites", which purported to have served 90 million meals (Minnesota has a population of 5.7 million) in less than 2 years (more than 120,000 meals per day). One site surveilled by the FBI claiming to serve 6000 meals per day actually averaged around 40 visitors.

 

[Individual]

Perhaps they are counting second and third helpings? I found that 1/3 of Minnesotans are overweight, and another 1/3 are obese, according to Statista.

 

[JoeB131]

A Minnesota nonprofit has been raided by the Feds in a new investigation more than a year after last year’s $250 million-meal program fraud scheme. In those allegations, Feeding Our Future is said to have had scammers steal hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded nutrition programs for hungry children during the early days of the pandemic.
Now, more than a year later, New Vision Foundation (NVF) in Saint Paul is the focus of yet another Feeding Our Future meal fraud investigation.

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From the article, Feeding our Future claimed to have delivered one million meals in an 8 month period....which I find impressive; however, the combined populations of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is less than that.

According to Feed or Future ( before it was shut down) at its peak, the organization listed 299 "meal sites", which purported to have served 90 million meals (Minnesota has a population of 5.7 million) in less than 2 years (more than 120,000 meals per day). One site surveilled by the FBI claiming to serve 6000 meals per day actually averaged around 40 visitors.

The thread title is misleading.

120,000 meals a day would be three meals a day, so maybe serving 40,000 people total.

Now, it might well be that there's fraud here. There was a lot of fraud that happened during COVID when Trump and Biden were just throwing money out there with little accountability.

 

[ttwtt78640]

It seems there’s plenty of (unreported and illegal) profit being ‘harvested’ by some (if not many) of these charitable non-profit groups.

 

[gman]

The numbers and facts just don’t line up. Where did the money go? How much food was thrown out?

 

[Individual]

The thread title is misleading.

120,000 meals a day would be three meals a day, so maybe serving 40,000 people total.

Now, it might well be that there's fraud here. There was a lot of fraud that happened during COVID when Trump and Biden were just throwing money out there with little accountability.

The link appears to clarify everything.

 

[redbeer]

A Minnesota nonprofit has been raided by the Feds in a new investigation more than a year after last year’s $250 million-meal program fraud scheme. In those allegations, Feeding Our Future is said to have had scammers steal hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded nutrition programs for hungry children during the early days of the pandemic.
Now, more than a year later, New Vision Foundation (NVF) in Saint Paul is the focus of yet another Feeding Our Future meal fraud investigation.

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From the article, Feeding our Future claimed to have delivered one million meals in an 8 month period....which I find impressive; however, the combined populations of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is less than that.

According to Feed or Future ( before it was shut down) at its peak, the organization listed 299 "meal sites", which purported to have served 90 million meals (Minnesota has a population of 5.7 million) in less than 2 years (more than 120,000 meals per day). One site surveilled by the FBI claiming to serve 6000 meals per day actually averaged around 40 visitors.

From the article:

"In the case of Feeding Our Future, the FBI and law enforcement partners have “been able to recover $50 million from 60 bank accounts, 45 pieces of property, and numerous vehicles and additional items, such as electronics and high-end clothing,” according to the FBI and “additional seizures are expected.”

"NVF invoices claim the food was purchased from a food service company in Eden Prairie. But, according to the search warrant, the address on the invoices led to an apartment complex rather than a food warehouse for produce, dairy products and rice (as the invoices claimed)."


We've seen that before, haven't we?......money strewn over multiple bank accounts, properties, luxury vehicles, electronics, jewelry, and clothing while doing nothing to feed the children in this case. Allocating government funds to companies like this without oversight is the height of corruption and how deals are made behind closed doors, just give them the money so we can get even more money.....spend, spend, spend....lunacy.

 

[BirdinHand]

If there were people using these programs to grift off tax payer money or charitable donations and enrich themselves instead of providing the service the program was designed to do - and money was allotted to be spent on - prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

All for it.


Because yes, there are bad actors that WILL take advantage of charity to enrich themselves.


We have one in the Oval Office currently

 

[ttwtt78640]

The numbers and facts just don’t line up.

Yep, thus the fraud charges.

Where did the money go?

Not to feed or otherwise help “the poor”.

How much food was thrown out?

Likely none, since the money wasn’t being spent buying food for “the poor”.

 

[hecatmoggie]

There was a lot of fraud that happened during COVID when Trump and Biden were just throwing money out there with little accountability.

truth

 

[Slartibartfast]

… and people want charities to be primarily responsible for taking care of the poor …

 

[RedFishBlueFish]

A Minnesota nonprofit has been raided by the Feds in a new investigation more than a year after last year’s $250 million-meal program fraud scheme. In those allegations, Feeding Our Future is said to have had scammers steal hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded nutrition programs for hungry children during the early days of the pandemic.
Now, more than a year later, New Vision Foundation (NVF) in Saint Paul is the focus of yet another Feeding Our Future meal fraud investigation.

MSN

www.msn.com

From the article, Feeding our Future claimed to have delivered one million meals in an 8 month period....which I find impressive; however, the combined populations of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is less than that.

According to Feed or Future ( before it was shut down) at its peak, the organization listed 299 "meal sites", which purported to have served 90 million meals (Minnesota has a population of 5.7 million) in less than 2 years (more than 120,000 meals per day). One site surveilled by the FBI claiming to serve 6000 meals per day actually averaged around 40 visitors.

Our President has a meme coin that any rich country or person can use to bribe him. But you're concerned about a small non-profit corruption scandal? Get your priorities in order.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Our President has a meme coin that any rich country or person can use to bribe him. But you're concerned about a small non-profit corruption scandal? Get your priorities in order.

BUT WHATA-****ING-BOUT?!?!??!!??

I guess when it's other people's money, $250 million could be "small."

 

[Peacenik]

Finally, some somewhat significant fraud has been found. (probably not even enough to pay for doge...)

But it was the FBI which found this. Not doge. Hmmmm.

And does this amount to what will be lost by cutting the staff at the IRS?

 

[ttwtt78640]

Our President has a meme coin that any rich country or person can use to bribe him. But you're concerned about a small non-profit corruption scandal? Get your priorities in order.

Since this thread’s topic isn’t about bashing Trump then you felt compelled to troll it.

 

[Peacenik]

From the article:

"The federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud, according to the Government Accountability Office GAO."

That's the GAO finding billions in fraud, not doge. We already had the GAO to search for fraud. Doge is redundant. It is waste. It figures Dysfunctional Donald comes up with a plan to uncover government waste that is actually wasteful in itself.

Dysfunctional Donald was a bad choice for president. Handing the greedy rich a big permanent tax break while giving tipped servers only a temporary one which expires is a rip off of the very same voters who put him in office. People are regretting their votes for Dysfunctional Donald now.

 

[ttwtt78640]

From the article:

"The federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud, according to the Government Accountability Office GAO."

That's the GAO finding billions in fraud, not doge. We already had the GAO to search for fraud. Doge is redundant. It is waste. It figures Dysfunctional Donald comes up with a plan to uncover government waste that is actually wasteful in itself.

Dysfunctional Donald was a bad choice for president. Handing the greedy rich a big permanent tax break while giving tipped servers only a temporary one which expires is a rip off of the very same voters who put him in office. People are regretting their votes for Dysfunctional Donald now.

Neither the GAO nor DOGE has the ability to prosecute anyone for (alleged) fraud. Unless the DOJ takes action against the (alleged) perps, it makes no difference who else (if anyone) says they found fraud.

 

[dmpi]

Finally, some somewhat significant fraud has been found. (probably not even enough to pay for doge...)

But it was the FBI which found this. Not doge. Hmmmm.

And does this amount to what will be lost by cutting the staff at the IRS?

DOGE isn't a law enforcement entity. Anything they find they will forward to the FBI and DOJ.

 

[dmpi]

Amazing what the FBI and DOJ can accomplish when they're not fixated on finding more 1/6 participants.

 

[CaughtInThe]

It seems there’s plenty of (unreported and illegal) profit being ‘harvested’ by some (if not many) of these charitable non-profit groups.

Like the Trump charity or Trump University or any of his other grifts he's running?

 

[Peacenik]

Neither the GAO nor DOGE has the ability to prosecute anyone for (alleged) fraud. Unless the DOJ takes action against the (alleged) perps, it makes no difference who else (if anyone) says they found fraud.

Needless redundancy makes a difference to the national budget.

 

[ElChupacabra]

That really sucks because legitimate programs suffer as more people become skeptical about these kind of programs regardless if they run from largely charitable funds or Federally funded ones.

 

[Peacenik]

DOGE isn't a law enforcement entity. Anything they find they will forward to the FBI and DOJ.

Why is doge even there? We already had the GAO which did the job where doge failed.

Every dime spent on doge is wasted. The function is already accomplished by the GAO.

 

[Visbek]

It seems there’s plenty of (unreported and illegal) profit being ‘harvested’ by some (if not many) of these charitable non-profit groups.

It may "seem" that way to you. That doesn't mean it is the case.

Go ahead, show us your proof that fraud is rampant in the non-profit sector.

 

[ttwtt78640]

Needless redundancy makes a difference to the national budget.

Do you have any evidence that DOGE’s (under $50M/year) cost is more than it’s ‘recommended’ spending reductions?