- Daycare owner Fahima Mahamud pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
- She was accused of misappropriating over $850,000 meant for child nutrition during the pandemic, using it to buy real estate.
- Mahamud also filed separate claims for approximately $4.6 million from the federal Child Care Assistance Program.
- She booked a flight to London after closing her daycare, with a sentencing date pending.
- The fraud is part of the larger Feeding Our Future scheme, whose ringleader was sentenced to over 41 years in prison.
- Dozens have been convicted in what prosecutors call the country's largest pandemic fraud case.