Minnesota Fraud Update: 'Mastermind' Aimee Bock Gets 41-Year Sentence
Summary
Aimee Bock, leader of a Minnesota nonprofit, was sentenced to over 41 years in prison for running a $250 million pandemic-related fraud. She was convicted of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery for falsely reporting meals served to children and must pay $242 million back.Key Facts
- Aimee Bock founded Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit that falsely claimed to provide 91 million meals to children.
- She was sentenced to 500 months (41.5 years) in prison by a federal judge in Minneapolis.
- Bock was convicted in March 2025 of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery.
- The fraud scheme exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the pandemic.
- Prosecutors called the case the nation’s largest pandemic fraud, involving $250 million in stolen funds.
- Bock has denied being the mastermind and blamed regulators and former employees instead.
- The case initially involved 47 defendants, growing to 78, mostly of Somali descent; many pleaded guilty or were convicted.
- Federal agents said the stolen money was used for luxury goods instead of feeding children.
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