A Minneapolis grocery store owner allegedly used other people’s food stamp cards to stock products at his store.
Abdiwahid Mohamed, the 60-year-old owner of the Minnesota Food Grocery LLC, allegedly used over $1 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy goods from Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Costco, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
He’d then stock his own shelves with those goods. All this reportedly started around 2021.
“Wal-Mart discovered that a small group of people were making multiple purchases of products such as energy drinks and baby formula using EBT cards that did not belong to them,” a criminal complaint against him reads.
“Mohamed would then load the purchased goods into one of his two vehicles and deliver those goods directly to Minnesota Food Grocery, where he and his employees unloaded it,” the complaint continues.
Yet another Somali has been caught allegedly committing major SNAP fraud in Tim Walz’s Minnesota.
Somali grocer Abdidwahid Mohamed is accused of stealing $1.1 million in SNAP benefits by using other people’s EBT cards to resell goods. pic.twitter.com/WJOAs2bOaK
— Based Jessica (@RealJessica) May 12, 2026
During one trip, Mohamed reportedly spent $781 on Red Bull, Mountain Dew, Snickers, and Twix. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted.
Dalia al-Aqidi, a Republican running against Rep. Ilhan Omar, wasn’t surprised by Mohamed’s arrest.
“Minneapolis didn’t become America’s fraud capital by accident,” she told Fox News. “It was earned. This week, it’s a grocer charged with running up $1.1 million in charges on other people’s EBT cards. Next week, it will be something else, but the bill always lands on the Minnesotans who actually pay taxes.”
She added that families tell her that “affordability” is what “keeps them up at night,” and the “cruel joke is that the money is here to really make a difference for people.”
Al-Aqidi continued by taking shots at Omar, in addition to other top Minnesota officials.
“It is just lining the wrong pockets and paying for luxury cars and houses on the other side of the world,” she said. “The fraudsters are only half the story.”
“The other half are the people administering these programs, from the front lines all the way up to Ilhan Omar, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Governor Tim Walz. There has been talk about ending fraud in Minnesota for years. I am going to Washington to actually do it,” she added.
Minneapolis didn’t become America’s fraud capital by accident, that’s what I told @FoxNews today.@MPLSGOP @MNCD5GOP @mngop @RapidResponse47 @JDVance https://t.co/OyRM8e2qOn
— Dalia al-Aqidi (@Dalia4Congress) May 12, 2026
Also speaking with Fox News, Republican Sen. Mark Koran noted that Mohamed’s case is “yet another example of why Minnesota is target number one for fraudsters.”
“The sheer volume of welfare programs, combined with the inability of state agencies to detect obvious fraud, is alarming,” he said. “Once again, it was a private retailer, not the state, that uncovered this fraud scheme.”
“All individuals involved, including the people that sold their EBT cards to Abdi Mohamed, have to be fully prosecuted. People who come here to steal from hardworking Minnesota taxpayers deserve serious consequences,” he added.
Minnesota state Sen. Michael Holmstrom, another Republican, was also unsurprised by Mohamed’s story.
“This may be the laziest one yet,” he said. “We had this guy, Abdi Mohamed, and he named his scam company ‘Minnesota Food Grocery LLC.’ They aren’t even trying, because they have been conditioned to believe there are no consequences.”
Gov. Tim Walz’s office had nothing to say when reached by Fox News for comment.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. previously wrote about the country’s massive SNAP fraud problem in an op-ed he wrote in March.
“Since its inception, SNAP has helped our most vulnerable citizens afford the essential and nutritious food they need,” the op-ed began. “At least, that is what the program is supposed to do.”‘
“Over time, however, SNAP has been taken advantage of, allowing many to game the system and leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without healthy, nutrient-dense food options,” he added.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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