A 28-year-old Kenyan, Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, has been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly laundering millions of dollars stolen from a U.S. child nutrition program, extending the massive pandemic fraud case to Nairobi's real estate market.

• Sheikh is the 74th defendant in the Feeding Our Future scheme, accused of receiving millions of dollars from his brother, Abdiaziz Farah, who was earlier convicted of orchestrating a US$40 million theft.
• U.S. Prosecutors allege Sheikh concealed funds through bulk cash transfers and invested in Kenya's property market, including a 20% stake in a Kenyan real estate firm and an apartment building in Nairobi.
• Investigators obtained photos of stacks of cash sent to Sheikh in Kenya, including US$138,000 in August 2021 and a US$300,000 transfer in December 2021, with Sheikh acknowledging receipt of $1.28 million by the end of that month.