Minneapolis store owner charged in seven-figure SNAP fraud scheme
TL;DR
Prosecutors say Abdid-Wahid Mohamed, owner of Minnesota Food Grocery LLC in Minneapolis, used other people’s EBT cards to collect more than $1 million in SNAP benefits, buying items at wholesale and reselling them at his store. A woman identified as F.F. allegedly allowed him to use her card for over 1.5 years, with $1,141,082 in EBT payments between March 2021 and August 2021. If convicted, Mohamed faces up to 20 years in prison; charges were filed in May 2026 and his first court appearance is May 27.
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