The feds are offering a $150,000 reward for one of the international fugitives in the Feeding Our Future scandal. A post from the FBI’s Minneapolis field office,
Mr. Ereg is defendant No. 61 (out of 80 or so) in the sprawling $500 million Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. He was indicted, along with his wife (Najmo Ahmed, No. 62), back in January 2024 on charges of stealing more than $4 million from taxpayers. The couple operated Evergreen Grocery in south Minneapolis.
The couple fled the country to avoid arrest. The wife, Ahmed, voluntarily returned from abroad to face justice in October 2024. She pled guilty in February 2025. In April 2025, she made a request to travel back to Africa, which was denied for obvious reasons.
With the assistance of a taxpayer-paid Somali-language interpreter, she will appear to be sentenced on June 15. Her lawyer has asked for a jail term of six months. Prosecutors are requesting a prison term of two years and three months.
For his part, Ereg remains on the run. I say “on the run,” but in reality he and our money are resting comfortably abroad, reportedly either in Kenya or Somalia, far beyond the reach of American authorities.
