明尼苏达州儿童营养诈骗案核心人物Salim Said判30年：虚报每日6000份餐食，涉案4400万美元
明尼苏达州 Minneapolis 报道——联邦法官 Nancy Brasel 于2026年10月28日在 Minneapolis 判处餐馆经营者 Salim Said 联邦监禁30年：Said 被认定在疫情期间的联邦儿童营养计划诈骗案中负有约4,400万美元的涉案责任，并被判赔偿逾4,400万美元。这起案件是围绕非营利组织 Feeding Our Future 的大规模诈骗案的最新量刑结果，该案已有数十人被定罪。
Said 在 Minneapolis 经营主打索马里菜肴的 Safari Restaurant。2025年，他与 Feeding Our Future 负责人 Aimee Bock 一同在庭审中被陪审团定罪，罪名共21项，包括电汇诈骗、共谋、联邦计划贿赂与洗钱等。Bock 被认定是设计整套计划、招募 Said 等人加入联邦食品计划的主谋，现正服刑42年。
检方表示，Said 连续21个月提交数以千计的虚假报销申请，日复一日、月复一月：每份申请都声称向贫困儿童提供了餐食，而名单上的儿童本身完全是虚构的。其餐馆曾声称每日分发约6,000份餐食，而联邦调查局 FBI 的监控画面显示，每日只有约40人前来取餐。检方在法庭文件中写道，被告及其供餐点并没有服务数千名儿童，他服务的是一场经过算计、利润丰厚的谎言。
检方还表示，Said 用诈骗所得为自己购置了一套价值120万美元的住宅、商业地产与一辆价值8.7万美元的皮卡，并通过其参与的非营利网络把供餐点扩展到 Willmar、St. Cloud 与 Mankato 等地。检方原本求刑40年，称 Said 是整起约2.5亿美元诈骗计划的构建者之一；辩方则求刑12年。
法官 Brasel 在宣判时对 Said 说，你拿走的不只是纳税人的钱来中饱私囊，你还把本州的声誉一起拖了下去。助理联邦检察官 Rebecca Kline 表示，公共计划靠的是信任，这起犯罪对明尼苏达州的影响将持续数代人。
Said 出生于索马里。他在2025年庭审作证时曾否认指控，称许多餐食是在场外配送的；但在本周三的量刑听证上，他改口表达了悔意。其辩护律师 Barry Zone 表示，Said 并非计划的设计者，他在任何时候都不处于 Bock 那样的位置。
疫情期间，联邦儿童营养计划的规则发生变化：餐馆可以参与供餐，食品分发也扩展到学校以外。州审计人员发现，明尼苏达州教育部曾收到大量关于 Feeding Our Future 的投诉，却往往让该组织自行监管。据美联社报道，这起诈骗案的规模一再受到特朗普总统批评，他指责州长 Tim Walz 未能制止诈骗；Walz 已于今年1月表示不会竞选连任。
Minnesota Child Nutrition Fraud Figure Salim Said Sentenced to 30 Years: Claimed 6,000 Meals a Day in $44 Million Scheme
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel on Oct. 28, 2026, sentenced restaurant operator Salim Said to 30 years in federal prison, finding him responsible for about $44 million in a pandemic-era federal child nutrition fraud scheme and ordering him to pay more than $44 million in restitution. The sentence is the latest in the sprawling case centered on the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, in which dozens of people have been convicted.
Said operated Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, which specialized in dishes from Somalia. In 2025 a jury convicted him, alongside Feeding Our Future leader Aimee Bock, on 21 counts including wire fraud, conspiracy, federal programs bribery and money laundering. Bock, found to have devised the overall plan and recruited Said and others into the federal food program, is serving a 42-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors said Said made thousands of fraudulent reimbursement claims for 21 consecutive months, day after day, month after month, each submission purporting to represent meals provided to underprivileged children who were entirely fictitious. His restaurant claimed a daily distribution of about 6,000 meals, while FBI surveillance cameras showed roughly 40 people a day collecting food. "The defendant and his sites did not serve thousands of children; he served a calculated, lucrative lie," prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said Said used the proceeds to buy a $1.2 million home, commercial real estate and an $87,000 pickup truck, and expanded meal sites through a nonprofit to locations including Willmar, St. Cloud and Mankato. The government sought a 40-year sentence, describing Said as an architect of the roughly $250 million scheme, while the defense asked for 12 years.
"You took more than taxpayers' dollars to enrich yourself. You took the reputation of our state down with you," Judge Brasel told Said at sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kline argued that public programs depend on trust and that the crime would affect Minnesota for generations.
Said, a native of Somalia, denied the allegations when he testified at his 2025 trial, saying many meals were delivered off site, but at Wednesday's sentencing he expressed remorse. His defense attorney Barry Zone disputed that Said was the scheme's architect, saying his client was never in Bock's position.
During the pandemic, changes to the federal child nutrition program allowed restaurants to participate and food distribution to extend beyond schools. State auditors found that Minnesota's Department of Education received numerous complaints about Feeding Our Future but often told the group to police itself. The scale of the fraud repeatedly drew criticism from President Donald Trump, who faulted Governor Tim Walz for failing to stop it; Walz said in January that he would not run for reelection, according to the Associated Press.
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图片来源：图：本案宣判地 Minneapolis 市中心街景。Greg Gjerdingen 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Downtown Minneapolis, where the sentence was handed down. By Greg Gjerdingen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
