FBI puts up hefty reward in hopes of capturing Feeding Our Future fugitive who fled US

Paul Walsh, Star Tribune on Jul 8, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI has put up a large reward in hopes of capturing another fugitive charged in the multimillion-dollar Feeding Our Future fraud scheme and who is believed to have fled the United States years ago.

FBI Director Kash Patel posted on social media Wednesday that his agency, through its “Most Wanted Fraudster” campaign, is offering up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Fahad Mohamed Nur.

According to Patel, Nur was a supposed food supplier who is accused of received more than $5 million in fraudulent federal child nutrition program funding by turning in fake invoices.

Nur, 42, “is a naturalized United States citizen who has ties to Somalia and may currently be living there,” reads an FBI wanted poster.

Prosecutors say Nur did not make any significant food-related purchases between initiating food operations around March 2021 through September of that year, yet he received millions for food he claimed to have provided through the program.

Nur fled the United States in January 2022 before he could be arrested and about a week after federal agents carried out several raids in Minnesota in connection with the Feeding Our Future investigation.

The indictment charges Nur with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering. It alleges that days before registering the company with the state of Minnesota, he submitted fraudulent invoices to Feeding Our Future claiming to have provided 3,635 gallons of milk and more than 7,000 packed lunches to another co-defendant.

On June 4, the FBI added to its “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list and put up a $150,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of Minneapolis grocer Said Ereg, 47, who is among the many Feeding Our Future defendants.

Less than a week later, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced the arrest of Ereg by federal law enforcement officers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Federal authorities facilitated his travel from Kenya via London to Minneapolis.

These announcements are part of a new campaign to highlight alleged fraud. Vice President JD Vance is leading a fraud task force meant to combat the misuse of federal funds in Minnesota and other states.

Feeding Our Future’s founder, Aimee Bock, was sentenced in May to more than 41 years in prison for masterminding the sprawling pandemic-era fraud case. Her accomplice, Salim Said, is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 18.

The $242 million plot has ballooned to 79 defendants, with most having been convicted since the case came to light in 2022.

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