Two former Minneapolis officials among those charged in fraud case Abdi Nur Salah previously worked in the mayor's office, and Sharmarke Issa previously chaired the MPHA board.

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 Child Nutrition Program Scheme Unfolded The guilty pleas of Haji Osman Salad, Sharmarke Issa, and Khadra Abdi were announced by U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger, exposing a sophisticated ...

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 ...

Forty-year-old Sharmarke Issa of Edina pleaded guilty to wire fraud in district court Wednesday.

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.

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, 40, of Edina, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in district court Wednesday.

The Star Tribune in Minneapolis and other news outlets reported that Abdi Nur Salah, a former aide to Democrat Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Fray, and Sharmarke Issa, a former chair of the ...

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 ...

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 ...