Key Facts — All Alleged
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| Who | Not specified |
| Amount | Not disclosed |
| Location | Not specified |
| Program | Not specified |
| Status | Alleged |
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[Your Address]
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BETWEEN 4 AND 10 P.M. TOMORROW NIGHT. WE’LL TALK AN AWFUL LOT AND HOW THINGS SHOULD BE WARMING UP. I’VE GOT IT FOR YOU HERE RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. ALL RIGHT . THANKS, IAN. AND TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT OPENING STATEMENTS IN ONE OF THE LARGEST PANDEMIC COUNTRY. THIS IS THE FEEDING OUR FUTURE SCHEME. AND RIGHT NOW, SEVEN OUT OF 70 DEFENDANTS ARE ON TRIAL. OUR ROB OLSON JOINING US LIVE AFTER SITTING IN OPENING STATEMENTS. AND ROB, WALK US THROUGH WHAT WAS SAID TODAY. YEAH. THESE FIRST SEVEN OF 70, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO GO ON TRIAL. IT’S ALLEGED THAT THEY’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 40 MILLION OF THE ALLEGED $250 MILLION TOTAL FRAUD. THERE HAVE 18 WHO’VE ALREADY PLED GUILTY IN THIS. AND ONE WILL TESTIFY U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TOLD JURORS THAT THEY HAVE A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE ABOUT FRAUDULENT MEAL SITES AND FRAUDULENT FORMS WENT OUT. THE DEFENSE SAYS THESE WERE LEGITIMATE SERVED MEALS, AND THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT. THE SEVEN DEFENDANTS, THROUGH THE SPONSOR FEEDING OUR FUTURE, IN ANOTHER CALLED PARTNERS IN NUTRITION TOGETHER, STOLE $40 MILLION IN FEDERAL MEAL FUNDING THROUGH THE RELAXED RULES OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. THIS CASE IS ABOUT AN OUTBREAK OF ANOTHER SORT, SAID ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY MATTHEW EBERT ABOUT WORD, FRAUD, HE SAID THEY REGISTERED COUNTLESS MEALS SITES IN PLACES LIKE STRIP MALLS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, SUBMITTED CLAIMS OF FEEDING HUNDREDS, EVERY DAY, SUBMITTING FORGED ROSTERS, FILLED WITH FAKE NAMES, BUT DID NOT SERVE ANY FOOD. THE DEFENDANTS, HE SAID, SIMPLY POCKETED THE CHILDREN’S LUNCH JURORS THAT IF THERE WAS FRAUD, THEIR CLIENTS DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ONE SAID HIS CLIENT DID NOT ACT WITH AN INTENT AND PURPOSE TO DEFRAUD THE SMALL SIZE OF THE MEAL SITES, SAYING KIDS DIDN’T EAT THERE, THAT PARENTS WOULD COME PICK UP FOOD. THE JURORS WILL SEE PICTURES SHOWING CARS LINED UP AS WELL AS EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT THE MEALS WERE REAL. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE PROOF OF SO MUCH FOOD, A DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAID. FOOD THAT WAS PACKAGED AND READY ALLEGE THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE SPENT ON HOMES, LUXURY VEHICLES AND SENT OUT OF THE COUNTRY. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAID THIS WAS ALL LEGIT. ONE SAID THE REASON HE MADE A LOT OF MONEY IS BECAUSE HE PROVIDED A LOT OF MEALS. THE FIRST WITNESS THAT AFTER ALL THE OPENING STATEMENTS WERE DONE AND THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM AGAIN, THE PROSECUTION AND THEN SEVEN DEFENSE WITNESSES, DEFENDANTS HERE, ALTHOUGH THE SEVENTH DID NOT HAVE AN OPENING STATEMENT. THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NOW, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT JUST FACILITATED THE INTO HOW THIS, PROGRAM WORKED. TOMORROW, SHE’LL BE BACK ON THE STAND TO TALK ABOUT THE RED FLAGS THEY FIRST SAW AND HOW