The U.S. Justice Department said 42-year-old Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh had been detained in Somalia. He is considered one of the organizers of one of the largest financial fraud schemes of recent years, linked to the nonprofit Feeding Our Future.
The organization received several major grants to provide meals for children from low-income families. According to investigators, a significant portion of the money was embezzled: participants in the scheme created fictitious food-distribution sites, inflated the number of meals served, and then laundered the funds through shell companies.
The total amount stolen, according to law-enforcement estimates, was about $250 million.
Feeding Our Future’s head, Aimee Bock, was found guilty in May 2026 of large-scale fraud and sentenced to 41 years and eight months in prison.
Eidleh, described as the organization’s “number two,” had earlier managed to leave the United States and hide in Somalia. He has now been detained and will likely be extradited to the United States, where he will stand trial.