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Mind Foundry Archive

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Exhibit A Opening Statement, April 29, 2024

"He operated more than two dozen of those food sites... through two supposed nonprofits... He also played a role with fake rosters and invoices, created a shell company to receive and spend money that was fraudulent."

— Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Ebert
The Response

This is what a
"shell company"
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2,207 Students Served
293,644 Programming Hours
103 Staff & Educators
24,287 Emails Archived
7 Years of Operations
Exhibit B · Testimonial Evidence

What people actually said
about Mind Foundry

"The results have been simply amazing."

Justin Tiarks Principal, St. Paul City School

"Mind Foundry is innovative, engaging, and inspiring. Put simply – it's good for kids."

Justin Tiarks Principal, St. Paul City School

"This after-school enrichment program truly was enriching for our school. It would feel like a great loss if the program were to be discontinued."

Catherine Neuner 4-5 EL Teacher, St. Paul City School

"I think you're doing amazing things. I would love to take some of these classes."

Committee Chair Minnesota House Education Finance Committee

"They were actually one of the best partners to work with. Those Minecraft programs were the best thing we ever ran."

Gregory Livingston Connected Camps

"After you left we never got that magic back."

Gregory Livingston Connected Camps
Exhibit C · Compensation Records
6,000+ hours of work
Total compensation $0

Mahad Ibrahim

Founder & Executive Director, 2016–2022

  • 7,837 emails sent over 6.7 years
  • 0 W-2 forms issued
  • 0 1099 forms issued
  • 0 contractor payments received

Shell companies don't have founders who work for free.

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Exhibit D · Grant Applications

The work that didn't always succeed

Grant applications, proposals, and partnership requests. Some funded. Some rejected. All documented.

Grant / Proposal Amount Partner Status
Twin Cities Food Academy 2017 $747,604 African Development Center funded
MPS Community Based Learning 2022 $253,400 Minneapolis Public Schools funded
Minnesota Common Grant 2022 Unknown — draft
ProtoLabs Application 2017 Unknown — submitted

Shell companies don't write grant applications. Shell companies don't get rejected.

Exhibit E · Government Witness Testimony

"For the CACFP at-risk program, there needs to be an enrichment activity... that would be the purpose for children to be gathering, and these meals are to complement something that is going on."

Emily Honer Director of Food and Nutrition Services Minnesota Department of Education

Government witness, United States v. Abdiaziz Farah et al.

The enrichment activity is the purpose. Mind Foundry provided the enrichment—STEM education, online programming during a pandemic. The purpose for children to gather.

Exhibit F · Email Archive

24,287 emails look like this

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Shell companies don't have principals writing support letters.

Shell companies don't have teachers who "would feel a great loss" if programs ended.

Shell companies don't have partners who say "we never got that magic back."

Shell companies don't have a founder working 6,000+ hours for free.

Shell companies don't generate 24,287 emails.

Shell companies are empty.

Mind Foundry was not empty.

The Archive

The evidence the government never obtained and never sought.

Timeline 2016–2022 Emails 24,287 archived People 103 contributors Documents Grants, Contracts, Curriculum