A Burnsville charter school director is on unpaid leave after two federal search warrants alleged that he used money designated for child nutrition programs to purchase a Porsche and a $575,000 house.
The school, Gateway STEM Academy, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Gateway STEM Academy opened in the fall of 2018 to provide an education based in science and technology to underserved elementary students in the Burnsville area. Last year, it enrolled 221 students, all of whom were Black, according to state data. Most of these students come from East African immigrant families
The FBI alleges that Mahad spent $320,000 of federal child nutrition funds at a custom home-building company in Columbus, Ohio, and $30,000 on cryptocurrency.
One of the search warrants authorized the FBI to search Abdiaziz’s home in Savage and Mahad’s business offices in Edina.
No one in the warrants has been charged with any crimes.
Some of these funds, the FBI alleges, were used directly to enrich Abdiaziz Farah. The FBI believes he used Federal Child Nutrition Program funds to purchase a $575,000 house in Savage and a $29,000 Porsche.
The search warrant also alleges that Empire Enterprises LLC also spent more than $700,000 in Federal Child Nutrition Program funds to purchase property in Nairobi, Kenya. Another $1,000,000 went to purchase lakefront property in Prior Lake.
He denies all allegations.
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The school, Gateway STEM Academy, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Gateway STEM Academy opened in the fall of 2018 to provide an education based in science and technology to underserved elementary students in the Burnsville area. Last year, it enrolled 221 students, all of whom were Black, according to state data. Most of these students come from East African immigrant families
The FBI alleges that Mahad spent $320,000 of federal child nutrition funds at a custom home-building company in Columbus, Ohio, and $30,000 on cryptocurrency.
One of the search warrants authorized the FBI to search Abdiaziz’s home in Savage and Mahad’s business offices in Edina.
No one in the warrants has been charged with any crimes.
Some of these funds, the FBI alleges, were used directly to enrich Abdiaziz Farah. The FBI believes he used Federal Child Nutrition Program funds to purchase a $575,000 house in Savage and a $29,000 Porsche.
The search warrant also alleges that Empire Enterprises LLC also spent more than $700,000 in Federal Child Nutrition Program funds to purchase property in Nairobi, Kenya. Another $1,000,000 went to purchase lakefront property in Prior Lake.
He denies all allegations.
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Burnsville charter school director takes leave of absence following fraud allegations in Feeding Our Future investigation.
A Burnsville charter school director is on unpaid leave after two federal search warrants alleged that he used money designated for child nutrition programs to purchase a Porsche and a $575,000 house.