U.S. v. Farah et al. (22-cr-00133) — Original Indictment (Empire Cuisine / FOF)

Source: U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · Document date: 2022-06-03 · Type: Court Filing · Case number: 0:22-cr-00133 · Docket entry: 1

Original indictment against Said Shafii Farah, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Mohamed Jama Ismail, and others — the earliest of the Feeding Our Future federal criminal cases, targeting the Empire Cuisine and Café Deli Food sites in Minneapolis.

Significance: First-filed FOF prosecution, covering the core Empire Cuisine operation. Establishes the meal-count falsification methodology later replicated across 100+ sites. Used as baseline comparison in the uncharged-sites and fraud timeline analyses.

Tags: FOF, Feeding Our Future, Empire Cuisine, Said Shafii Farah, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, PACER