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Deena Winter

person · p-winter

Source: Minnesota Reformer · original.

Root source: https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/10/31/prominent-bloomington-womans-nonprofit-claimed-to-feed-6400-children-per-day/

Role
Minnesota Reformer
Anchor
Abukar award story, Oct 31 2022

Context

  • reported DHS gives Ayan Abukar the Outstanding Refugee award Oct 31 2022.
Index
EventsThe outline, in date order
  • 2013-02-27 FOX 9's first daycare-subsidy investigation (Deqo / Yasmin Ali)
  • 2015-02-24 Fired Hennepin investigator Halicki: they want a fraud unit on paper
  • 2016-12-01 Inspector general and deputy retire; support for the CCAP unit drops
  • 2017-03-01 Stillman emails DHS supervisors: hundreds of millions, overseas
  • 2018-05-13 FOX 9 airport series: suitcase cash, $14M (2015), $84M (2016)
  • 2018-05-15 Stillman testifies to the Senate HHS Reform committee
  • 2018-08-24 Swanson email to IG Ham: at least 50% of $217M. Told to delete paragraphs.
  • 2019-03-13 OLA: could not substantiate $100M; investigators agreed on scale
  • 2019-04-10 OLA: controls insufficient to prevent, detect, investigate
  • 2020-12-22 Stipulated order, FOF v. MDE
  • 2021-06-24 Guthmann holds MDE in contempt; stop-pay TRO denied as moot
  • 2021-07-19 DHS gives Abukar the Outstanding Refugee award
  • 2021-12-11 Ellison recorded: let's go fight these people (D1-710)
  • 2022-01-20 FBI raids
  • 2022-09-23 Judicial Branch: Guthmann never ordered payments resumed; Walz's claim 'false'
  • 2025-04-09 Glahn publishes the tape
  • 2025-10-31 Housing Stabilization Services ends
  • 2025-12-18 Thompson reads the claims file: half or more
  • 2025-12-19 Walz calls the estimate 'sensationalized'
  • 2026-01-07 US House Oversight, Part I
  • 2026-01-13 Thompson and five senior prosecutors resign
  • 2026-01-21 House Judiciary subcommittee; MN House Fraud Committee first hearing
  • 2026-02-25 Rosen: pace will increase, no timeline
  • 2026-03-04 US House Oversight, Part II: Walz and Ellison
  • 2026-03-23 MN House Fraud Committee: Stillman returns
  • 2026-04-28 Swanson to the MN House: destroy the unit. Same day as child-care raids.
  • 2026-05-21 Bock sentenced to 500 months; 15-defendant Medicaid takedown
  • 2026-06-04 DHS revalidation: 61% of high-risk providers disenrolled
  • 2026-06-25 House Energy & Commerce hearing with MN DHS Commissioner Connolly
  • 2026-09-24 Partners in Nutrition settles for $18.5M
WhistleblowersPeople who flagged it from inside
  • Scott StillmanDHS digital forensics supervisor, 2007–c.2017
  • Jay SwansonCCAP investigations manager, 2014–2019
  • Steve HalickiFired Hennepin investigator
  • Glen KernsFormer Seattle detective, FOX 9 source
AuditorsOLA and the inspector general
  • Office of the Legislative Auditor (Nobles, then Randall)
  • Carolyn HamDHS Inspector General
ReportersOutlets and the pieces to link
  • Jeff BaillonFOX 9 investigator
  • Bill GlahnAmerican Experiment
  • Deena WinterMinnesota Reformer
  • Nick ShirleyIndependent video
  • FOX 92013, 2015, May 2018 series
  • American ExperimentTape post, archive, tracking page
  • Alpha NewsFraud tag. Hosts the Guthmann PDF.
  • Minnesota ReformerAbukar award, Oct 31 2022
  • OLAMarch 13 and April 10 2019
  • MPRLanterman caveat, May 18 2018
  • Garage LogicApril 10 2025 interview
HearingsCongress and the Senate, hosted in full
  • 2026-01-07 US House OGR Part I
  • 2026-01-21 House Judiciary, Shirley / Larson / Dexter
  • 2026-02-12 Hawley confronts Ellison on the tape
  • 2026-03-04 US House OGR Part II
  • 2026-05-20 Swanson, US Senate
  • 2026-06-25 House Energy & Commerce O&I: State Medicaid Program Integrity (Connolly)
Fraud CommitteeMN House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight
  • 2026-01-21 MN House Fraud Committee
  • 2026-03-23 MN House Fraud Committee, Stillman returns
  • 2026-04-28 Swanson, House Fraud Committee full
  • Clip list (volunteer timestamps)
Articles & documentsPrimaries and indexes
  • 2017-01-01 ABA Prosecution Function, 4th ed.
  • 2017-03-01 Stillman March 2017 emails to DHS supervisors
  • 2018-01-01 DOJ Justice Manual 9-27.000
  • 2018-05-13 FOX 9: suitcases of cash at MSP, CCAP fraud
  • 2018-05-18 MPR: Stillman prior false statements (Lanterman)
  • 2018-08-24 Swanson email to IG Carolyn Ham
  • 2019-03-13 OLA CCAP Assessment of Fraud Allegations
  • 2019-04-10 OLA CCAP internal controls
  • 2020-01-01 DOJ Justice Manual 9-42.000
  • 2020-12-22 FOF v. MDE stipulated order
  • 2021-06-24 Guthmann contempt order
  • 2021-07-19 DHS gives Ayan Abukar the Outstanding Refugee award
  • 2022-01-20 American Experiment FOF archive
  • 2022-05-09 Alpha News: Somali whistleblower speaks out on Feeding Our Future
  • 2022-09-23 Judicial Branch: Guthmann never ordered payments resumed
  • 2024-02-16 American Experiment tracking page
  • 2025-04-09 Glahn publishes the tape
  • 2026-04-28 KSTP: 'Their only goal was to destroy the unit'
  • 2026-06-04 DHS revalidation: 3,411 of 5,583 high-risk providers disenrolled (61%)
  • 2026-10-03 Alpha News fraud tag
FraudstersDefendants: business, location, penalty
  • Aimee Marie BockFeeding Our Future, St. Anthony, MN · 500 months (41.7 yrs); restitution $243.0M
  • Abdiaziz Shafii FarahEmpire Cuisine and Market LLC, Shakopee, MN · 456 months (38.0 yrs); restitution $47.9M
  • Mukhtar Mohamed ShariffAfrique Hospitality Group · 210 months (17.5 yrs); 36 mo supervised release; restitution $47.9M
  • Mohamed Jama IsmailEmpire Cuisine and Market LLC; MZ Market LLC, Shakopee, MN · 144 months (12.0 yrs); 36 mo supervised release; restitution $47.9M
  • Abdimajid Mohamed NurNur Consulting LLC; Empire Cuisine & Market, Shakopee, MN · 120 months (10.0 yrs); 36 mo supervised release; restitution $47.9M
  • Abdinasir Mahamed AbshirStigma-Free Mankato site; J's Sambusa, Mankato, MN · 78 months (6.5 yrs)
  • Ahmed Abdullahi GhediASA Limited LLC; Safari Restaurant · 65 months (5.4 yrs); restitution $2.9M
  • Abdikadir Ainanshe Mohamud (aka AK)Stigma-Free Willmar site; FaaFan Restaurant, Willmar, MN · 60 months (5.0 yrs); 24 mo supervised release; restitution $3.0M
  • Abdulkarim Shafii Farah, Minneapolis, MN · 57 months (4.8 yrs); 12 mo supervised release
  • Mekfira HusseinShamsia Hopes, Brooklyn Center, MN · 57 months (4.8 yrs)
  • Abdihakim Ali AhmedASA Limited LLC; Five A's Projects (shell) · 54 months (4.5 yrs); restitution $2.2M
  • Sahra Mohamed NurAcademy for Youth Excellence; S&S Catering, Minneapolis, MN · 51 months (4.2 yrs); 24 mo supervised release; restitution $5.0M
  • All 118 defendants, by business, location and penalty
VlogInterviews, cuts and commentary
  • 2026-04-28 Swanson, Alpha News cut
  • 2026-03-30 Stillman, NewsNation
  • 2025-12-31 Ibrahim Ali denial, FOX 9
  • 2025-12-30 Stillman testimony cut, Dave the Lawyer
  • 2025-12-19 Walz: the $9 billion estimate is 'sensationalized'
  • 2025-12-18 Thompson press conference, FOX 9 live
  • 2025-12-18 Thompson press conference, CBS
  • 2025-12-18 Abdi Iftin, Will Cain Country
  • 2025-04-10 Garage Logic, Glahn recites the find
  • 2022-05-09 Abdi Osman Nur, resurfaced clip
  • 2015-02-24 Baillon / Halicki
  • 2013-02-27 Baillon, Deqo / Yasmin Ali
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