The man federal prosecutors are calling “one of the biggest fish” in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme made his first court appearance Friday. Forty-two-year-old Abdikerm Eidleh appeared in federal court in St. Paul on Friday, just weeks after he was arrested in Mogadishu. The FBI says he fled the country four years ago after being indicted in … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! St. Louis Park Mayor Nadia Mohamed, who made history as the first Somali American elected mayor of a U.S. city, fired back at critics who criticized her Fourth of July weekend trip to Somalia during the country’s 250th anniversary weekend. The controversy began after local news outlet … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities say a Minnesota man charged with helping to orchestrate a $250 million fraud scheme has been taken into custody in Somalia. Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, 42, of Burnsville, Minnesota, was taken into custody Thursday in Mogadishu, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said in a news release. Court documents do not show if Eidleh has … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — An alleged leader of the largest pandemic-era fraud scheme in the country was arrested overseas after being on the run for more than four years, according to federal officials. Abdikerm Eidleh, 43, was arrested in Mogadishu, Somalia, earlier this week in a daytime raid coordinated by both the FBI and Somali intelligence agencies. … Read more
Somalia is not competing at the World Cup, but from the scenes at Mogadishu’s airport Wednesday, you’d think the country had won the trophy. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A crowd of supporters, blue-bereted police and journalists jostled to get close to the plane that … Read more
Federal immigration authorities barred a Somali soccer referee who was slated to officiate the FIFA World Cup from entering the U.S. over the weekend, Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Monday, citing “vetting concerns.” A FIFA spokesperson confirmed one of its officials, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, “will be unable to train and officiate at … Read more