MOORHEAD, Minn. — The latest person charged in the expansive Feeding our Future scandal is accused of operating fake food distribution sites in Moorhead and Pelican Rapids to steal more than $1 million intended to feed children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Monday, Nov. 24, 36-year-old Abdirashid Dool was charged with seven counts of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota. Dool is the 78th defendant charged in connection to Feeding Our Future.

The organization at the center of the scandal, Feeding Our Future, was an approved sponsor of the Federal Child Nutrition Program, a program to provide meals to children. Feeding Our Future served as a sponsor to other organizations that were supposed to be distributing the meals.

However, in March

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