# Feeding Our Future prosecutions *Federal criminal cases over fraud connected to Feeding Our Future in Minnesota, brought by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota.* The **Feeding Our Future prosecutions** are federal criminal cases brought by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota over fraud connected to [[Feeding Our Future]] in [[Minnesota]]. The office's press releases on the cases date from 2023 through 2025.[^1] When the office announced an indictment charging 77 defendants, it called the matter the largest pandemic fraud case to date.[^2] It later announced that a jury had found two defendants guilty of orchestrating a fraud it put at $250 million.[^3] It also announced a 500-month sentence for a defendant it described as the Feeding Our Future ringleader.[^4] A Minnesota Department of Education timeline is archived with April 4, 2022, Minnesota Senate committee minutes. It records that the agency detected an anomaly in the program's first pandemic summer, escalated the matter to federal inspectors that October, and stopped payments the following March.[^5] In June 2026 the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Vice President [[JD Vance]] to accompany its report on Minnesota.[^6][^7] ## Charges The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced a federal indictment charging 77 defendants. In that announcement, the office described the case as the largest pandemic fraud case to date.[^2] The office's press-release index lists its Feeding Our Future prosecution releases from 2023 through 2025.[^1] Counts of defendants charged and convicted change over time. Each count here is stated as of the release that reports it. ## Convictions and sentences The office announced that a jury found two defendants guilty of orchestrating a fraud that the office valued at $250 million. The office's release says the fraud took money from federal sources.[^3] The office separately announced that a defendant it identified as the Feeding Our Future ringleader was sentenced to 500 months in prison.[^4] The release links in the pack do not give the dates of these announcements. ## State agency timeline The Minnesota Department of Education prepared a timeline of its handling of Feeding Our Future. The timeline is archived with Minnesota Senate committee minutes dated April 4, 2022. According to the timeline, the department detected an anomaly in the program's first pandemic summer and escalated it to federal inspectors in October of that year. It then stopped payments the following March.[^5] The timeline is the department's own account. ## Congressional review In June 2026 the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Vice President [[JD Vance]] to accompany the committee's report on Minnesota.[^6] The committee also issued a release with that report. The release concerned fraud in Minnesota's taxpayer-funded social programs.[^7] The record here does not establish what the letter or the report says about the Feeding Our Future cases. ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota brought the prosecutions.[^1] - The office announced charges against 77 defendants in a federal indictment.[^2] - A jury found two defendants guilty, according to the office.[^3] - A defendant the office called the ringleader was sentenced to 500 months.[^4] - The Minnesota Department of Education escalated the matter to federal inspectors, according to its timeline.[^5] ### What - The cases are federal criminal prosecutions over fraud connected to Feeding Our Future.[^2][^3] ### When - The Department of Education's timeline places the anomaly in the program's first pandemic summer. It places the escalation in October of that year and the payment stop in the following March.[^5] - The timeline is archived with Senate committee minutes dated April 4, 2022.[^5] - The office's releases on the prosecutions date from 2023 through 2025.[^1] - The House Oversight Committee's letter to Vice President Vance is dated June 2026.[^6] ### Where - The cases were brought by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota.[^1][^2] ### How much - The office put the fraud in the two-defendant jury case at $250 million.[^3] ### How many - 77 defendants were charged in the indictment announced by the office.[^2] - Two defendants were found guilty in the jury case announced by the office.[^3] ## See also - [[Feeding Our Future]] - [[Minnesota]] - [[JD Vance]] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Press releases* (2023–2025) — index of the office's Feeding Our Future prosecution releases. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr [^2]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *77 Charged in Federal Indictment in Largest Pandemic Fraud Case to Date* (press release; date not in pack) — indictment of 77 defendants, described by the office as the largest pandemic fraud case to date. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/77-charged-federal-indictment-largest-pandemic-fraud-case-date [^3]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Two Defendants Found Guilty of Orchestrating Massive $250 Million Fraud Scheme* (press release; date not in pack) — jury guilty verdicts against two defendants. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/two-defendants-found-guilty-orchestrating-massive-250-million-fraud-scheme-bilked-federal [^4]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (press release; date not in pack) — 500-month sentence for the defendant the office called the ringleader. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^5]: Minnesota Department of Education, *MDE Feeding Our Future Timeline* (Minnesota Senate committee minutes, April 4, 2022) — the agency's timeline of anomaly detection, escalation to federal inspectors, and payment stop. https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/minutes/senate/2022/Fineduc/20220404/fineduc_20220404_MDE-FOF-Timeline.pdf [^6]: House Oversight Committee, *Letter to JD Vance to accompany MN report* (June 2026) — letter to Vice President Vance accompanying the committee's Minnesota report. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Letter-to-JD-Vance-to-accompany-MN-report.pdf [^7]: House Oversight Committee, *Release accompanying the committee's report on Minnesota's taxpayer-funded social programs* (date not in pack) — committee release issued with the report. https://oversight.house.gov/release/oversight-committee-releases-bombshell-report-exposing-rampant-fraud-plaguing-minnesotas-taxpayer-funded-social-programs/