In court documents, federal prosecutors allege that Abdi Nur Salah, who previously worked in Frey's office, and Sharmarke Issa, who previously chaired the MPHA board, were part of a cohort who ...

Sharmarke Issa, board chair of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority for more than three years, has resigned after a building he helped buy was tied to a federal investigation of food program ...

Haji Osman Salad, 34, Sharmarke Issa, 42, and Khadra Abdi, 42, defrauded the government of more than $18.7 million in connection with one of the single largest instances of pandemic aid fraud in ...

Forty-year-old Sharmarke Issa, of Edina, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in district court Wednesday. Prosecutors revealed Issa operated the scheme through the creation of his company, Minnesota's ...

Roles of Co-Conspirators in the Child Nutrition Program Fraud. Sharmarke Issa was also a key player in this intricate fraud scheme. As the principal of Minnesota’s Somali Community and Wacan ...

According to Minnesota U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger, three defendants — 34-year-old Haji Osman Salad, 42-year-old Khadra Abdi and 42-year-old Sharmarke Issa — all pleaded guilty this week to ...

Sharmarke Issa served a three-year term on the MPHA beginning in 2019, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey appointed him to a second term in November 2021 and designated him as board chair.

Sharmarke Issa, 40, of Edina, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in district court Wednesday. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Haji Osman Salad, 34, Sharmarke Issa, 42, and Khadra Abdi, 42, defrauded the government of more than $18.7 million in connection with one of the single largest instances of pandemic aid fraud in ...

Sharmarke Issa, board chair of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority for more than three years, has resigned after a building he helped buy was tied to a federal investigation of food program ...

Three people have pleaded guilty to federal charges for their involvement in an alleged $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal aid money intended for children’s meal programs in Minnesota.

Three people have pleaded guilty to federal charges for their involvement in an alleged $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal aid money intended for children’s meal programs in Minnesota. Haji ...