Abdinasir Abshir, who allegedly attempted to tamper with a witness in the ongoing Feeding Our Future trial, was arrested Monday and is being held in federal custody until a hearing on his case Friday.

The alleged tampering took place last Tuesday before Feeding our Future co-defendant Sharmake Jama, 37, was to testify for the prosecution in the ongoing trial of Aimee Bock, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, and co-defendant Salim Said, a former co-owner of Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis.

According to court records, a judge revoked the pre-trial release for 30-year-old Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir for his alleged "attempt to tamper with and intimidate a government witness."

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a major COVID-19 pandemic fraud case in Minnesota to stay away from her courtroom after allegations of witness tampering surfaced in the trial of the alleged ringleader.

Abdinasir Abshir was arrested for allegedly intimidating a witness last week in Aimee Bock’s Feeding Our Future trial.

A federal judge has ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a pandemic fraud case in Minnesota to stay away from her courtroom

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/WCCO) – New allegations of witness tampering in a Feeding Our Future trial have rocked a federal courtroom in downtown Minneapolis. Now, new security measures are going into place while there’s an investigation into what happened.

A judge ordered a co-defendant in the Feeding Our Future case be sent to jail after prosecutors say he attempted to intimidate a witness last week.

Aimee Bock, accused of being the leader of the Feeding our Future scheme that took more than $250 million in federal pandemic aid, was back in court on Monday. FOX 9’s Rob Olson has the latest witness testimony.