Feeding Our Future figure Salim Said faces sentencing; prosecutors seek 40 years
Salim Said, the former owner of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Minneapolis in the Feeding Our Future case. Prosecutors are asking for 40 years in prison and nearly 8 million dollars in repayment. A jury found Said guilty on all counts after a trial in March 2025. FOX 9 reports the government says Said and associates routed more than 44 million dollars through Safari Restaurant and Salim Limited, and describes him as the scheme's architect. He would be the 32nd defendant sentenced; Aimee Bock is serving a nearly 42-year sentence. The defense position was not reported in the articles we read.
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Why it matters
The case involved federal child-nutrition money meant to feed children during the pandemic, and prosecutors call it Minnesota's largest fraud scheme to date. The sentence will show how a federal judge weighs the government's request in the case's central figure.
What to watch
Said's sentencing is set for Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis, with Judge Nancy Brasel.
Sources
- FOX 9: Federal prosecutors seeking 40 years for Feeding Our Future architect Salim Said
- KSTP: Former Safari Restaurant owner Salim Said faces 40-year sentence
- KARE 11: Judge to sentence 'architect' of the Feeding Our Future scam
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