(The Center Square) – A Minnesota court has ordered a man to pay nearly $2.5 million in damages, penalties and legal fees after a jury found he submitted nearly 100,000 fraudulent reimbursement claims to a taxpayer-funded program.
The judgment against Emadeldin Ibrahim was announced earlier this month and stems from a civil, not criminal, case brought by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office under the Minnesota False Claims Act.
As a result of that case, a Hennepin County District Court judge ordered Ibrahim to pay $2,481,310.08 following an April jury verdict that found he knowingly submitted false claims for reimbursement through the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Ibrahim submitted $188,350.82 in fraudulent reimbursement requests to the Minnesota Department of Education in just three months in 2021, according to the attorney general’s office.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison applauded the judgement.
“Emadeldin Ibrahim stole our tax dollars while pretending to feed hungry children during a pandemic,” Ellison said in a statement announcing the ruling. “Thanks to this $2.5 million judgment, Mr. Ibrahim will be paying back the people of Minnesota for quite some time.”
After a four-day trial, a jury found Ibrahim liable of submitting 90,636 false claims related to meals and snacks that were either not served to children or did not comply with federal program requirements.
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