A 40-year-old Chaska man pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.

A Shakopee woman pleaded guilty Friday to her role in the Feeding Our Future case, which included misappropriating millions of dollars in federal nutrition program money during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six defendants pleaded guilty in the Feeding Our Future fraud in Minnesota, days before the trial of former executive director Aimee Bock and Salim Said, the former co-owner of Safari Restaurant.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota, Abdulkadir Nur Salah and Abdi Nur Salah both pleaded guilty Tuesday.

Just days before a jury trial was set to begin in the next Feeding Our Future case, two of the four defendants pleaded guilty in federal court, more than two years after they were charged. Abdulkadir Nur Salah,

Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, 34, was sentenced to 210 months in prison on Friday, with a court hearing that while the CEO of the Afrique Hospitality Group, he oversaw the theft of more than $47 million of funding intended to feed needy children during the pandemic.

Mohamed Muse Noor, also known as “Deeq Darajo," is accused of signing forms with fake meal counts and fabricating invoices. Prosecutors say he did not feed 1,500 children snacks and supper each day as he claimed and never visited the sites registered in his name.

One of the people charged under the indictment for the Feed Our Future Executive Director Aimee Bock, Abdulkadir Nur Salah, entered a guilty plea in federal court Tuesday ahead of his case going to trial.