A Lakeville man who was jailed over suspected witness tampering during the trial of Feeding Our Future co-defendants Aimee Bock and Salim Said has now pleaded guilty to his role in the $250 million fraud scheme.

A man accused of witness tampering in a courtroom hallway pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud for his role in a scheme that prosecutors said stole $250 million from a federally funded program meant to feed children.

A 33-year-old Lakeville man accused by a judge of witness tampering in an upcoming trial over the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

Judge Tony Leung ruled that one suspect, Abdinasir Abshir, will now remain in jail pending his trial in August after prosecutors accused him of tampering with a witness in the separate trial of Feeding Our Future’s former executive director,

Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir is the 37th Defendant in the Feeding Our Future fraud case. Today he pleaded guilty to a witness tampering attempt.