A jury has found a Woodbury man liable for submitting more than $188,000 in false claims to a federally funded child food reimbursement program.
The state of Minnesota brought the civil action against Emadeldin Ibrahim, 57, on behalf of the state education department.
Hennepin County jurors returned the verdict Friday after a four-day trial, finding that Ibrahim violated the Minnesota False Claims Act when he made $188,350 in fraudulent submissions under the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program during three nonconsecutive months of 2021.
A statement by Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office on Tuesday said evidence was presented to the jury showing that Ibrahim “knowingly misrepresented his affiliation” with a now-shuttered St. Paul nonprofit, the Sudanese Community Association, so that he could participate in the federal food program.
Jurors also found that Ibrahim knowingly submitted the reimbursement claims for meals and snacks that were not served to children, and that he knew the food did not comply with federal regulations that govern it, the statement said.
Ellison’s office and the state education department were alerted to the case when the Sudanese Community Association and their bank identified deposits into their account that “they believed to be improper,” the statement said.
The jury awarded the state $188,350 in damages, which will “automatically be trebled” — or tripled — under the Minnesota False Claims Act, according to the statement.
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