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From top left: The Prime Minister of the Trust Territory of Somaliland Abdullahi Issa Mohamed with President Dwight D. Eisenhower circa 1958; Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke with President ...

However, these funds instead went to real estate purchases as behest of Mohamud's son, Sharmarke Issa. Issa was also charged for his role in the pandemic-era scheme.

Sharmarke Issa, 42, acted as the principal owner of Minnesota's Somali Community and Wacan Restaurant LLC and fraudulently received federal funds from the child nutrition program while under the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The other defendant to plead guilty this week is Sharmarke Issa, who was appointed by Mayor Jacob Frey as the board chair of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority in 2019.

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 ...