# Fartun Jama *Defendant with a Rosemount, Dakota County address in the federal Feeding Our Future charges announced September 20, 2022.* **Fartun Jama** is one of 47 defendants whose federal charges in the [[Feeding Our Future]] case, involving about $250 million in child-nutrition funds, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 20, 2022.[^1] The Department's release gives Fartun Jama's address as [[Rosemount]], in Dakota County, [[Minnesota]].[^1] The charges are allegations as of the date they were announced. The record assembled here holds no filing specific to Fartun Jama. It does not show the counts charged individually, a plea, a verdict, or a sentence, and it does not establish Fartun Jama's role in the charged conduct.[^1] The project's at-issue record counts Fartun Jama among seven Dakota County residents in the initial group of 47. It states that the county's [[county attorney]]'s office charged none of the seven.[^6] ## Who Fartun Jama is listed with a Rosemount address among the 47 defendants charged on September 20, 2022.[^1] Six other defendants in the same announcement also gave Dakota County addresses:[^1] - [[Aimee Bock]] and [[Abdihakim Ali Ahmed]] of [[Apple Valley]] - [[Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh]] of [[Burnsville]] - [[Bekam Addissu Merdassa]] of Inver Grove Heights - [[Khadar Jigre Adan]] and [[Asha Jama]] of [[Lakeville]] ## What The September 20, 2022 announcement covered federal charges against 47 defendants in connection with the Feeding Our Future child-nutrition program. The amount involved was about $250 million.[^1] Later Department of Justice releases record what happened to other Dakota County defendants from that group: - **Aimee Bock.** On May 22, 2026, Bock of Apple Valley was sentenced to 500 months.[^2] - **Abdikerm Eidleh.** On July 16, 2026, the Department announced that Eidleh of Burnsville had been transferred from Somalia to Minnesota to face 31 charges. Those charges remain allegations.[^3] - **Abdihakim Ali Ahmed.** Fox 9 reported that Ahmed of Apple Valley was sentenced to 54 months on August 26, 2026.[^4] ## When The 47 defendants were charged on September 20, 2022.[^1] The case continued to grow after that date. On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced charges against [[Dorothy Jean Moore]] of Apple Valley. The office identified Moore as the 72nd defendant in the Feeding Our Future prosecutions.[^5] ## Where Fartun Jama's listed address is in Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota.[^1] ## How many Seven of the 47 defendants charged on September 20, 2022 gave Dakota County addresses.[^1] The project's at-issue record states this share as fifteen percent of the initial defendant pool.[^6] As of June 6, 2025, the number of defendants charged in the Feeding Our Future prosecutions stood at 72.[^5] ## In the at-issue record Entry AI-Dakota-042 is drawn from the dossier file *Dakota_Claims_Exposure_Matrix_2026-09-02.md*. It places two facts side by side: - the seven Dakota County defendants charged federally on September 20, 2022;[^1] - the statement that the Dakota County attorney's office charged none of them.[^6] The entry anchors that pairing to the White House presidential action *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026).[^6] The record assembled here does not include a county filing or county statement on the point. The count of county-initiated cases is therefore the project's finding, not a court's or an agency's. ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *press release announcing federal charges against 47 defendants in the $250 million Feeding Our Future case* (Sept. 20, 2022) — establishes the charges, the defendant count, and the Dakota County addresses of the defendants named above, including Fartun Jama of Rosemount. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-attorney-announces-federal-charges-against-47-defendants-250-million-feeding-our-future [^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, *press release on the sentencing of Aimee Bock* (May 22, 2026) — establishes Bock's 500-month sentence. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^3]: U.S. Department of Justice, *press release on the transfer of Abdikerm Eidleh from Somalia to Minnesota* (July 16, 2026) — establishes the transfer and the 31 charges, which are allegations. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/successful-transfer-abdikerm-eidleh-somalia-minnesota-face-charges-role-feeding-our-future [^4]: Fox 9, *report on the sentencing of Abdihakim Ali Ahmed* (Aug. 26, 2026) — news report of a 54-month sentence. https://www.fox9.com/news/feeding-our-future-fraudster-heading-prison-turning-child-nutrition-funds-personal-business [^5]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *press release on charges against Dorothy Jean Moore of Apple Valley* (June 6, 2025) — establishes the charges, which are allegations, and Moore's place as the 72nd defendant. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/apple-valley-woman-charged-participating-250-million-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^6]: The White House, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026) — anchor document for the project's at-issue entry AI-Dakota-042. The seven-defendant count, the fifteen-percent share, and the statement that the county attorney charged none of the seven are the project's at-issue findings, not statements of this document. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/