# IRS-CI *Criminal investigation unit of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service* IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) appears in the Minnesota record through the federal prosecutions arising from [[Feeding Our Future]].[^1] The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota issued a release titled *Chaska Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme*. The same release appears on an IRS-CI page of the Internal Revenue Service website.[^2] It reports a guilty plea entered on January 30, 2025, in a prosecution brought by the United States.[^1] IRS-CI also appears in the project's at-issue record for 2026. That record lists the agency's first charge in an autism-related case alongside a fifteen-defendant, $90 million health-care fraud takedown. It anchors that period to a January 2026 White House fact sheet announcing a new Department of Justice division for national fraud enforcement.[^3] The record does not establish IRS-CI's specific investigative role in either 2026 matter. ## Who The Feeding Our Future plea was announced by the United States Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, part of the U.S. Department of Justice. The prosecuting sovereign was the United States.[^1] IRS-CI carries the same release on its section of the Internal Revenue Service website.[^2] The 2026 fact sheet attributes the new national fraud enforcement division to President Donald J. Trump.[^3] ## What The defendant pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to commit wire fraud". The case is part of the Feeding Our Future matter, which the release title describes as a $250 million fraud. The plea is recorded as a conviction.[^1] ## When The guilty plea was entered on January 30, 2025.[^1] The White House fact sheet on the new Department of Justice fraud division is dated January 2026. The at-issue row that names IRS-CI is dated 2026, with no day given.[^3] ## Where The prosecution was brought by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota. The release title identifies the defendant as a man from [[Chaska]].[^1] ## How According to the Department of Justice release, the defendant used fabricated invoices. Those invoices were "falsely claiming to be feeding supper and snack to 1,500 children every day."[^1] ## How much The release states that the defendant's sites obtained approximately $1.3 million. It states that the defendant personally retained approximately $52,388.[^1] The 2026 health-care fraud takedown listed in the at-issue record is given as $90 million.[^3] ## How many The fabricated invoices claimed meals for 1,500 children each day.[^1] The 2026 health-care fraud takedown listed in the at-issue record involved fifteen defendants.[^3] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue row AI-Anoka-066 appears in the Anoka package, ranked 66. It sits in the section *The Deflection Mechanism & the Charter-Lease Architecture Edition*. The row places two 2026 federal actions together: the fifteen-defendant, $90 million health-care fraud takedown and IRS-CI's first autism-related charge. It lists two supporting source kinds, an agency and a court, on irs.gov and justice.gov. The only URL it carries is the White House fact sheet.[^3] The row sets these federal actions beside the State's conduct in the same news cycles, which it describes as disputing a report's tone. The pack identifies neither the report nor a source for the State's response.[^3] ## Notes [^1]: United States Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, U.S. Department of Justice, *Chaska Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme* (release date not given in the pack) — guilty plea on January 30, 2025, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud; prosecution by the United States; sites obtained approximately $1.3 million; defendant personally retained approximately $52,388; fabricated invoices claiming supper and snack for 1,500 children every day. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/chaska-man-pleads-guilty-his-role-250-million-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^2]: Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, *Chaska Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme* (release date not given in the pack) — IRS-CI's publication of the same plea release. https://irs.gov/zh-hans/compliance/criminal-investigation/chaska-man-pleads-guilty-for-his-role-in-250-million-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^3]: The White House, *Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes New Department of Justice Division for National Fraud Enforcement* (January 2026) — announces a new Department of Justice division for national fraud enforcement; anchor URL of at-issue row AI-Anoka-066. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-new-department-of-justice-division-for-national-fraud-enforcement/