The Fraudster Suspect The FBI Is Now Hunting Across The Globe

The FBI is hunting for a Somali-born man suspected of stealing millions of dollars in funds meant for children in need.

FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that Fahad Mohamed Nur was added to the bureau’s list of “Most Wanted Fraudsters.” Nur, a naturalized American citizen born in Somalia, was charged in September 2022 for stealing $5 million from the Federal Child Nutrition Program.

“After the outstanding early success of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudster List, already arresting TWO subjects within weeks with apprehensions out of Somalia and Philippines, today the [FBI] is announcing another addition,” Patel said. “We have already seen over $13 billion in fraud uncovered on behalf of hardworking Americans — and there is more to come.”

A $150,000 reward is offered for information that leads to Nur’s capture and conviction. The FBI said it believes he may be hiding out in Somalia. He is charged with multiple counts of money laundering, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Nur ran a Minneapolis-based business called The Produce that purported to supply meals to children in need that received millions of dollars in federal nutrition funds, according to the indictment against him. The business was sponsored by Feeding Our Future, the infamous entity behind the largest COVID-era scam.

Federal prosecutors say that Nur submitted fake meal counts, rosters, and invoices to obtain federal funds. The funds given to Nur and his co-defendants “substantially” exceeded the amount of money that should have been allocated for the meals they actually provided, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors said that by the time Nur distributed any meals in September 2021, he had already received $3.5 million in food payments.

Misappropriated funds went toward real estate, luxury vehicles, and travel. Nur moved nearly $700,000 of fraudulently obtained dollars into his bank account, took $78,000 in cash out, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on real estate purchases and vehicles, according to prosecutors.

Nur reportedly fled the country after federal agents started serving search warrants in relation to their investigation of the Feeding Our Future scheme. In May 2026, Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock was sentenced to almost 42 years in prison for orchestrating the $250 million scam.

Led by Vice President JD Vance, the Trump administration has placed a renewed focus on tracking down fraudsters targeting welfare programs.

“If you defraud American taxpayers you will be found and brought to justice,” the White House Task Force on Fraud said Wednesday.

The focus on fraud comes as The Daily Wire reporting on the widespread abuse of the Medicaid home healthcare system in Ohio triggered federal and state investigations.