Farah owned the Shakopee restaurant Empire Cuisine and falsely claimed to serve 18 million kids, prosecutors said.

One of the ringleaders in the Feeding Our Future scandal was sentenced for his role in the scheme that defrauded about $300 million from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farah received 28 years as ringleader of the first fraud group to stand trial, and also for masterminding the attempted bribery of a juror.