Minneapolis man admits stealing at least $3.8 million from pandemic programs
Tezzaree El-Amin Champion agreed to a plea agreement Wednesday morning in federal court, admitting his role in two separate ...
Minneapolis business owner pleads guilty to trying to defraud $3.8M in federal funding for pandemic relief
The founder of a Minneapolis nonprofit and marketing company pleaded guilty to fraud for his role in a pandemic funding scheme ...
COVID vaccine provided some protection this winter, estimates suggest
Few Minnesotans sought the COVID-19 vaccine to reduce their infection risks this winter, but at least the shots offered some ...
Judge orders Feeding Our Future defendant jailed over witness tampering accusations
According to court records, a judge revoked the pre-trial release for 30-year-old Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir for his alleged ...
Son of Minnesota basketball legend pleads guilty in $6M COVID fraud case
Tezzaree El-Amin Champion is the son of Khalid El-Amin and the great-nephew of Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion.
'Aimee Bock was a god': Former Feeding Our Future director implicated in alleged shakedown attempt
Hanna Marekegn testified that Bock gave Minneapolis' East African community "the American Dream life" by enabling $250 ...
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Judge restricts defendants after witness tampering allegations surface in Minnesota food fraud case
A federal judge has ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a pandemic fraud ... from her courtroom ...
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Crime trends in Minneapolis and St. Paul last year show mixed progress
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara ... Homicide and other serious crime in the U.S. rose sharply in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic and fallout from George Floyd’s murder by police disrupted ...
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Minneapolis City Council member’s former nonprofit allegedly used in Feeding Our Future fraud
Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman’s former nonprofit, Stigma-Free International, was used in the Feeding Our Future ...
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Judge restricts defendants after witness tampering allegations surface in Minnesota food fraud case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a major COVID-19 pandemic fraud case in Minnesota to stay away from her courtroom after ...