BREAKING: Ilhan Omar’s Sister Implicated In USAID-Linked Fraud Scheme

One of the largest fraud scandals in Minnesota is drawing renewed scrutiny over alleged connections to the family of Rep. Ilhan Omar.

A Daily Wire investigation found that Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, used the address of a woman who had business ties to several people convicted in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.

The federal meals scandal has been described as the largest public theft case in Minnesota history. The Daily Wire reported that the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee has been examining Omar’s potential ties to the scandal, though Democrats blocked a subpoena in May that would have required the congresswoman to turn over records.

Public records reviewed by The Daily Wire also point to Noor, who has operated several organizations in the Minneapolis area, including People’s Center Clinics & Services in the city’s Somali neighborhood. The Daily Wire reported the federally qualified health center received a controversial $2 million earmark while Omar served in the Minnesota Legislature.

Noor later founded Grit Partners Consulting, which says it “has secured more than $20 million in funding for health initiatives” and has “consulted on projects backed by” USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gavi and the World Bank.

According to incorporation records, Grit Partners was registered at a home on Hyacinth Avenue in Lakeville, Minnesota. The Daily Wire reported that both the address and the woman living there connect at least three people convicted in the Feeding Our Future case.

The home is occupied by Mashah Ahmed Ali and his wife, Ister Ahmed Afraa, also known as Ismahan Ahmed Afraa. State incorporation records show Afraa launched Sunrise Business Center Inc. with Hanna Marekegn.

Marekegn pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2022 after admitting to stealing $7 million through the Feeding Our Future scheme.

Prosecutors said Marekegn falsely claimed she was serving 4,000 children each day while instead using the proceeds to purchase a mansion. During court testimony, she said she falsely accused state officials of racism to discourage scrutiny of the operation.

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Afraa also incorporated Sunshine Care Center MN Inc., listing the same business address as Sunrise Business Center. Marekegn identified Sunshine Care Center as her employer on LinkedIn.

The Daily Wire also reported that Afraa had ties to Aimee Bock, the former Feeding Our Future leader who was sentenced to 41 years in prison. Minnesota Department of Health records listed Bock as the point of contact for Sunshine Care Center LLC.

The Hyacinth Avenue address was also used to register Diversity Childcare Center LLC, which likewise listed Bock as its point of contact.

State investigative documents cited by The Daily Wire say Bock told investigators that the head of Sunshine Care Center MN, who was not identified in those records, was introduced to Feeding Our Future by Sahra Nur, a major figure in the fraud scheme who was later sentenced to four years in prison.

Afraa also served as CEO of Aflah Property Inc., which operated from Nur’s home on Fordham Court NE. State records show Afraa was hit with a $30,000 state tax lien in April 2025 that listed the Fordham Court address.

According to court filings cited by The Daily Wire, Nur’s home became a central location in the Feeding Our Future operation. At least 17 companies were registered there, many of which prosecutors said were used to fraudulently bill the government or launder proceeds from the scheme.

Nur was an owner of S & S Catering, which claimed to have served more than 8 million meals. Prosecutors alleged the company provided fake invoices that allowed Feeding Our Future sites to seek government reimbursements, resulting in more than $12 million in federal payments, according to Nur’s guilty plea and indictment.

The Fordham Court address was also used to establish organizations including Academy for Youth Excellence, which prosecutors alleged fraudulently obtained $3.5 million in federal funds.

It also housed Golis Properties LLC, which prosecutors said stole $3.9 million from taxpayers and used $2.5 million of those funds to purchase an entire block on East Lake Street.

The Daily Wire said that Afraa later purchased property directly across the street from 2529 12th Avenue South, a building the federal government seized after alleging it had been bought with fraud proceeds.

Questions surrounding Omar‘s family are not new. Since entering national politics, the Minnesota Democrat has faced longstanding scrutiny over reports concerning her marriage to a Somali man whom critics have alleged was her brother. Omar has denied wrongdoing. She later divorced her second husband, the father of her children, and married political consultant Tim Mynett.

The Daily Wire’s investigation also found that Noor has since relocated to Africa and that members of Omar’s family have become involved with the Somali government.

Breitbart separately reported that Noor left People’s Center, moved to Kenya, and that Grit Partners has carried out work in Africa funded by the now-defunct USAID.

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