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Federal prosecutors charged Dorothy Jean Moore, the owner of Jean’s Soul Food, with several felonies on Friday as part of the Feeding Our Future investigation.

According to federal documents, Moore defrauded the Federal Child Nutrition Program of $1.4 million. Prosecutors say the 57-year-old falsely claimed Jean’s Soul Food served over 600,000 meals to children in the Twin Cities area during the COVID-19 pandemic under the sponsorship of Feeding Our Future.

“In reality, Jean’s Soul Food was little more than a shell company operated from Moore’s apartment,” said federal prosecutors in an indictment.

The money she was paid was allegedly used on vehicles, international travel and luxury goods, including more than $10,000 worth of purchases at Louis Vuitton. The indictment also claims she bought two vehicles in 2021 with the money: A 2022 QX55 Infiniti Crossover SUV and a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab truck.

Moore is charged with three counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering. She is the 72nd person to be charged in the Feeding Our Future case.

So far, 38 defendants have pleaded guilty in the wider case and juries have convicted seven others at trial, including 

, was arrested at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in late May while allegedly trying to flee the country.

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“This fraud is outrageous, brazen, and seemingly never-ending,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. “I intend to put the full weight of this office behind rooting out and prosecuting the shocking and unacceptable levels of fraud.”

From February to June 2021, Moore allegedly claimed to have served more than 300,000 meals at a Burnsville church and over 300,000 additionally at a church in Minneapolis. Federal documents say she submitted fake invoices to show the two sites paid her catering company for the food and received reimbursements in federal taxpayer dollars for those meals.

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