Justice Department charges 47 people with stealing $250 million from pandemic program meant to feed needy children

DOJ charges 47 people with stealing $250 million from pandemic program meant to provide meals to needy children The Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against 47 people accused of stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the pandemic. Hannah Rabinowitz and Omar Jimenez, CNN CNN

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The defendants, prosecutors said, set up a network of shell companies connected to the Minnesota-based nonprofit Feeding our Future, to exploit the federal child nutrition program, which is designed to provide meals to children from low-income families. The program was expanded by Congress at the start of the pandemic to allow more organizations to participate.

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