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Lawsuit alleges bakery, nonprofit submitted false claims worth millions to Minnesota Department of Education
Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · St. Paul, MN
Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed two civil lawsuits alleging a Minneapolis bakery, a now-defunct nonprofit and others submitted false claims worth millions of dollars to the Minnesota Department of Education.Lawsuit against Nasib BakeryOne lawsuit says Nasib Bakery was a vendor for several sites that reportedly served food through federal nutrition programs during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The bakery was a vendor for a Summer Food Service Program site known as Riverside Park from October 2020 to April 2021. The lawsuit says the bakery's owner also ran the site.The suit says the site claimed to have served more than 430,000 breakfasts and 430,000 lunches, or more than 860,000 meals in all, and sought more than $2.8 million in federal reimbursements over the six months.The lawsuit says, "Records show that many of these claims were false and many of the meals claimed were never served."The Minnesota Department of Education administers the federal program in the st
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