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Salim Said Gets 30 Years for Feeding Our Future Fraud

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Salim Said received a 30-year federal prison sentence for the Feeding Our Future fraud.
Judge Nancy Brasel ordered Said to pay over $44 million in restitution.
Prosecutors said Said claimed 6,000 daily meals while FBI footage showed about 40.
Said allegedly stole $44 million, using it to buy a $1.2 million home and an $87,000 pickup.
Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock was sentenced to 42 years for devising the scheme.

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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charged James O’Keefe and Cam Higby with felony unlawful voting and identity theft.
Minnesota’s vouching law allows a voter to vouch for up to eight people, representing 0.6% of 2024 votes.
The defendants used names of deceased Minnesotans and a resident who had already voted.
Their first court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 16.

History

The 2001 Enron bankruptcy triggered Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in July 2002, signed by President George W. Bush and sponsored by Senator Paul Sarbanes and Rep. Michael Oxley. The law’s internal-control certifications and obstruction penalties now underpin federal prosecutions such as Salim Said’s $44 million Feeding Our Future fraud and Minnesota Attorney Mary Moriarty’s voter-identity theft case.

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The 2001 Enron bankruptcy triggered Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in July 2002, signed by President George W. Bush and sponsored by Senator Paul Sarbanes and Rep. Michael Oxley. The law’s internal-control certifications and obstruction penalties now underpin federal prosecutions such as Salim Said’s $44 million Feeding Our Future fraud and Minnesota Attorney Mary Moriarty’s voter-identity theft case.

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