NEW: Outrage Explodes Over Light Sentence For Somali Fraudster

Abdul Abubakar Ali, a 40-year-old resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced on Monday to just one year and one day in federal prison for his involvement in a fraud scheme tied to the Feeding Our Future nonprofit. The sentence represents a downward departure from federal sentencing guidelines, which had recommended a range of 30 to 37 months. Ali pleaded guilty in October 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Under the terms of his plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of wire fraud at sentencing. Court records indicate that Ali operated Youth Inventors Lab, a nonprofit organization, as a shell company enrolled in the federal Child Nutrition Program sponsored by Feeding Our Future. From December 2020 throu