A defendant in the Feeding Our Future case on Friday pleaded guilty just four days before jury selection was set to begin in his trial.

Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud admitted to charges of money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. Federal prosecutors are expected to dismiss five additional counts when he’s sentenced.

Mohamud’s plea agreement calls for a prison term of 11 to 14 years, but the ultimate decision is up to U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel.

Prosecutors say that Mohamud, 35, was “chief document fabricator” at S&S Catering, a Lake Street business that siphoned $17 million from taxpayers during the pandemic after submitting phony invoices and and meal count forms to support bogus reimbursement requests from the Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program.

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