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Minnesota ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about $250M COVID meal fraud, scheme ‘mastermind’ claims in jailhouse interview
NY Post ^ | Published May 16, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET | By Gabrielle Fahmy

Posted on 05/16/2026 1:40:44 PM PDT by dennisw

Claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.

Omar would personally step in whenever those waivers ran out, allowing the rampant fraud to continue, Bock alleged.

Aimee Bock, founder of Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 of conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud for helping restaurant owners file fake or inflated claims during the pandemic to steal millions in child nutrition funds from the government.

She spoke to The Post by video call this week from Sherburne County Jail, where she is awaiting sentencing.

Bock has consistently denied knowingly participating in the fraud and insisted she tried to warn state officials. Her group would review the reimbursement paperwork sent by the local restaurants supposed to provide meals, send them out and then distribute the federal funds to them.

“The notion that I’m personally responsible for all of it . . . is so frustrating. I’m the only white person out of 80 or 90 individuals [charged in the fraud]. I’m the only one that doesn’t speak the language,” she added.

Omar was instrumental in loosening the laws that set the stage for the scheme — first by introducing the MEALS Act to Congress in March 2020, which allowed the US Department of Agriculture to issue waivers of school-meal requirements during the pandemic.

The waivers dramatically eased oversight of the federal programs by allowing restaurants to participate without any of the usual site inspections.

“There had been a couple times early on that there were some gaps – a waiver would be set to expire on maybe the 15th of a month, and then the renewal didn’t kick in until the 1st,” Bock claimed. “Because of course this was supposed to be a short-term thing . . . we were supposed to be home for two weeks.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 202003; aimeebock; cash4commies; feedingourfuture; foodprogram; fraud; mealsact; mn; omar; schoolmeals; schools; waivers

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1 posted on 05/16/2026 1:40:44 PM PDT by dennisw
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2 posted on 05/16/2026 1:44:03 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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3 posted on 05/16/2026 1:59:55 PM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: dennisw

Prosecute Omar. De-Naturalize . Send to CECOT before going back to Somali.


4 posted on 05/16/2026 2:13:10 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: dennisw

Aimee is locked up but Omar isn’t? Doesn’t make sense.


5 posted on 05/16/2026 2:22:41 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: dennisw

The real question is whether or not she is willing to testify or present some evidence.

My guess is the Somalis would have her or her family killed before that could happen.


6 posted on 05/16/2026 2:23:08 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: dennisw

So?


7 posted on 05/16/2026 2:23:44 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dennisw

So Bock is the fall guy? The one white face? How the hell is that execrable Omar getting so protected?


8 posted on 05/16/2026 2:42:17 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: dennisw

And she still gets to go around thinking she’s a bigshot congresswoman? That needs to come to an end.

Then jail.


9 posted on 05/16/2026 2:47:28 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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What’s it going to take to get that scoundrel out of office and in prison? She’s broken so many laws it’s hard to comprehend how she is still a free woman.


10 posted on 05/16/2026 2:48:49 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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(What’s it going to take to get
that scoundrel Ilhan Omar out of office?)

World War 11?

No wait...

World War 12!


11 posted on 05/16/2026 2:54:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dennisw

Until this is said under oath & ends with Omar’s execution, it’s all just garbage.


12 posted on 05/16/2026 2:57:25 PM PDT by Longdriver69
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To: dennisw

Bush, Osama import Somalia,
now well along turning MN into a Schiffhole like they came from.
“fundamental transformation” ..


13 posted on 05/16/2026 3:02:44 PM PDT by A strike (Drool Britannia)
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To: A strike

I remember the Chris Rock joke about the only black people in Minnesota being Prince and Kirby Puckett.


14 posted on 05/16/2026 3:03:21 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Nateman

“Prosecute Omar. De-Naturalize . Send to CECOT before going back to Somali.”


I like your way of thinking.

Hopefully, Bock has an email, recording, or text message that supports her claim. Knowing it is true and proving it are two different things.


15 posted on 05/16/2026 3:52:57 PM PDT by CFW
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Of course she did. She probably helped organize it....................


16 posted on 05/16/2026 4:19:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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It’s not like she didn’t enrich herself. Omar had found someone who would not rock the boat as long as she herself could also partake in the theft. What Bock didn’t quite grasp is that she was also being set up to take the fall and provide a shield for Omar, who is the real thief.


17 posted on 05/16/2026 4:52:33 PM PDT by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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To: dennisw

btt


18 posted on 05/16/2026 4:53:08 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: dennisw

Lock her camel smellin’ arse up! Until all of the RAT Señators get their conjugal visit with her and then deport her ass.


19 posted on 05/16/2026 6:37:41 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (NO KINGS?! No pineapple princesses either. Sandy Ocasio and Kamala Harris have got to go!!!)
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