Minnesota man who pocketed cash in kids’ meal scheme gets prison time despite 'I'm sorry' apology

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. A man was sentenced to more than a year in prison after pleading guilty to a Minnesota fraud scheme. (KMSP) A Minnesota man was sentenced on Monday to more than a year in prison after pleading guilty to creating fake invoices to a nonprofit that falsely claimed it served 1.5 million meals to children in need within seven months. Abdul Abubakar Ali, of St. Paul, Minn., was one of nearly 100 defendants charged in the "Feeding Our Future" fraud scheme, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) claims exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ali pleaded guilty in 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, but he was initially charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the DOJ. The nonprofit, Youth Inventors Lab, allegedly acted as a she