Feeding Our Future: Where the $250 Million Went After Salim Said’s 30-Year Sentence

Salim Said, co-owner of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, was sentenced on October 28, 2026 to 30 years in federal prison for his part in the Feeding Our Future fraud. Prosecutors say the scheme took $250 million meant to feed children during the pandemic. Officials put the amount recovered so far at $50 million to just over $60 million. This video covers where the rest went, according to prosecutors and court records: property in Nairobi, wire transfers to China, and spending that can’t be recovered. It also covers how payments continued after the state flagged problems, the political fight over the case, and homes listed for forfeiture that are still in defendants’ names. Sources:

• Associated Press: sentencing coverage, Oct 28, 2026; key questions on Minnesota fraud, Dec 2025
• MPR News: Said sentencing, Oct 28, 2026; Bock sentencing, May 21, 2026; fraud timeline, Jan 6, 2026
• KSTP 5 Eyewitness News: Said sentencing; 5 INVESTIGATES on properties still owned by defendants; Robbins request to Congress
• Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul: sentencing; trial testimony; recovery figure; resumed payments
• Star Tribune: Said’s earnings from meal sites
• CBS News: wire transfers to China; purchases
• CNN: Bock’s dropped lawsuit; recovery figures
• KARE 11: Minnesota Department of Education response on resumed payments
• NewsNation: federal sources on funds reaching Somalia
• Fox News: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s response
• Washington Examiner: Minnesota House fraud committee hearing
• Minnesota House Session Daily: subpoena vote
• US Department of Justice: Bock sentencing; verdict release
• Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor: Oversight of Feeding Our Future, June 13, 2024
• Minnesota Judicial Branch: statement on Feeding Our Future v. Minnesota Department of Education

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