Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/11

[SVPete]

Somali Councilman Resigns After Days in Office Amid Fraud Scandal

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/01/11/somali-fraudster-councilman-reseigns-after-few-days-amid-scandal-n4948144

A Somali councilman in Maine, who was embroiled in a criminal scandal from the day he was sworn in, has already resigned due to the magnitude of the controversy.

I reported here at PJ Media on Iman Osman and how on Monday, the very same day he was sworn in to office on the Lewiston City Council, his fellow councilmen all voted to investigate him over allegations of gun crimes and false residency identification. It would seem the allegations were true, because Osman has already resigned, according to WGME.
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Among Osman’s accused crimes are gun theft charges and listing a condemned building owned by his brother as an address to run for office in a district where he was not actually resident. Mayor Carl Sheline also previously nominated Osman to the Lewiston School Committee, but even he was calling for the councilman‘s resignation, perhaps to cover his own mistake.

Allegations of Osman’s residency deception have been floating around since Osman’s service on the School Committee, per Maine Public, but the committee voted not to investigate. It took the City Council to bring some transparency to the issue.