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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FLOODING. AND LAKE HARRIET FLORIST SAYS THAT THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTING ANY MORE VALENTINE’S ORDERS BECAUSE THEY ALSO ARE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING. OH MAN. THAT’S TERRIBLE. YEAH. THE FEDERAL TRIAL OF THE ALLEGED RINGLEADER OF THE FEEDING OUR FUTURE FRAUD SCHEME, CONTINUING TODAY WITH MORE WITNESS TESTIMONY. ONE OF THEM TESTIFYING ABOUT HER MEAL JUST HOW MANY MEALS THEY SUPPLIED. FOX NINES. ROB OLSON HAS THE LATEST FROM THE COURTROOM. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE SPRING OF 2020 INSIDE SAINT PAUL SCHOOLS CENTRAL KITCHEN, WHEN THEY BOXED MEALS FOR KIDS LEARNING FROM HOME. WE’VE TAKEN OUR SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM OUT OF THE CAFETERIA, AND WE BASICALLY PUT IT ON THE SCHOOL BUS. IN LATE APRIL THAT YEAR, THE DISTRICT POSTED THIS VIDEO TO YOUTUBE WHEN THEY HIT A MILLION MEALS DELIVERED USING THEIR ENTIRE FLEET OF MORE THAN 300 SCHOOL BUSSES. TO DO THAT, THE DISTRICT’S NUTRITION DIRECTOR, STACY KOPPEN, TESTIFIED THURSDAY. WAS THERE ANY OTHER PROVIDER HANDING OUT THOUSANDS OF MEAL BOXES TO CHILDREN PER DAY? THE ANSWER IS NO. WERE YOU SAINT PAUL PROVIDING MEALS TO 3000 KIDS PER DAY? NO. DO YOU THINK YOU’D HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT? YES. SHE WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS STRIP MALL ON MCKNIGHT ROAD, WHERE IN 2020 AND 2021, A DELI WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE CONSISTENTLY CLAIMED 3000 BREAKFASTS AND 3000 LUNCHES SERVED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS SHOWN TO JURORS, IT WAS ONE OF THE FEEDING OUR FUTURE MEAL SITES OPERATED BY SALIM SAEED, WHO IS ON TRIAL FOR FRAUD ALONGSIDE AMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO SPONSORED THAT SITE ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS AND SUBMITTED THEIR CLAIMS. THE JURY ALSO SAW SAEED’S WIRE TRANSFER TO BUY THIS PARK AVENUE MANSION IN MINNEAPOLIS, $2.7 MILLION IN CASH USING PROCEEDS, THE FBI SAYS FROM THE MEAL PROGRAM. COPPIN DESCRIBED THE MASSIVE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE TO STORE THEIR FOOD AND PRODUCE THE MEALS FOR SCHOOLS SAID FOR A SMALL DELI IN A STRIP MALL TO DO WHAT IT CLAIMED WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO STORE THAT AMOUNT OF FOOD IS ALREADY SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF SPACE, AND IT’S UNREALISTIC. IT IS NOW A LONG WEEKEND FOR THIS TRIAL. THEY ARE NOT HOLDING COURT ON FRIDAY SO THAT THE JUDGE CAN ATTEND TO OTHER CASES. AND OF COURSE MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY, SO TESTIMONY WILL RESUME TUESDAY MORNING. NOW, AS FAR AS AMY BACH TAKING THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, I ASKED HER ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT. HE SAID IT’S UP TO HER. AND SO FAR THEY HAVEN’T DECIDED. IN MINNEAPOLIS, ROB OLSON, FOX NINE. AFTER SEVEN