MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office wants a Hennepin County judge to shut down a non-profit that Ellison said is a sham and has stolen from taxpayers and from children in need.
According to Ellison’s office, it filed a lawsuit against the non-profit ThinkTechAct Foundation, its founder, Mahad Ibrahim, board member Abdiaziz Farah, and executive director Bianca Scott. Ellison wants the court to dissolve the organization and forbid the leaders from ever holding similar positions in the state again.
Authorities said the defendants stole money obtained through the federal child-nutrition program. Ibrahim and Farah were indicted by a federal grand jury on numerous charges as part of the sweeping Feeding our Future scandal last fall.
Ellison’s office alleges Ibrahim received more than $21 million and diverted more than $14 million to Farah. Authorities said Farah also paid Ibrahim $850,000 for “consulting.”
“My office launched this investigation and filed this lawsuit because we cannot allow nonprofits to be hijacked to line the pockets of their directors and officers,” Ellison said. “The overwhelming majority of Minnesota’s nonprofit organizations do vital work supporting our communities, but sham nonprofits and their leaders who abuse the public trust must be held accountable.”
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