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Aimee Bock, ‘Mastermind’ of $250M Feeding Our Future fraud, gets 41 years in prison
Yahoo News! ^ | Thu, May 21, 2026 | Alex Derosier

Posted on 05/21/2026 1:34:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the woman prosecutors call the “mastermind” behind the nearly $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme to 41 years in prison.

Aimee Bock, 45, of Apple Valley, was convicted in March 2025 for her role at the top of what the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office called the single largest known pandemic-era fraud scheme in the U.S. A jury found her guilty of conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery after a roughly one-month trial.

In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Brasel ordered Bock to pay $243 million in restitution to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which funded the meal program Bock and others defrauded.

During the Thursday morning sentencing hearing at the Minneapolis federal courthouse, Brasel said the sentence reflects the “profound and lasting damage” Bock had done to the community and state.

“Bock’s conduct was not an impulsive one-time error; it was sustained, organized, and aggressively defended, even under oath,” she said.

Brasel ruled that a severe sentence for Bock was warranted, not just because of the financial losses and harm to public trust Feeding Our Future caused, but also because of what she called Bock’s dishonesty during the trial and attempts to thwart efforts to stop payments to the nonprofit.

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1 posted on 05/21/2026 1:34:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Out in 8 months, She will be the Democrat VP pick for 2028.


2 posted on 05/21/2026 1:37:16 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: nickcarraway

Couldn’t happen to a nicer person. /sar


3 posted on 05/21/2026 1:45:33 PM PDT by animal172 (I can't, but I know who can.)
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To: nickcarraway

She white, so she’s expendable.


4 posted on 05/21/2026 1:46:44 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: kvanbrunt2

Not hardly. Federal prison, no parole. She has to serve at least 85% of her sentence, iirc.


5 posted on 05/21/2026 1:53:04 PM PDT by Deo volente ("Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.” -Niccolò Machiavelli)
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To: nickcarraway

With a face like that, the dykes will atay away in droves.


6 posted on 05/21/2026 2:18:13 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (... )
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To: nickcarraway

Some “masrermind.” At least she didn’t squeal on the others feeding at the trough.


7 posted on 05/21/2026 2:33:13 PM PDT by subterfuge
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To: nickcarraway

The next dem president will pardon her.


8 posted on 05/21/2026 2:46:46 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: nickcarraway

GREAT! This POS CRIMINAL got off easy IMO.


9 posted on 05/21/2026 2:47:18 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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In addition to prison, Judge Nancy Brasel ordered Bock to pay $243 million in restitution to the US Department of Agriculture, which funded the Covid meal program Bock and others defrauded.

Brasel said Bock’s sentence reflects the “profound and lasting damage” Bock had done to the community and state. “Bock’s conduct was not an impulsive one-time error; it was sustained, organized, and aggressively defended, even under oath,” the judge said.


10 posted on 05/21/2026 2:50:50 PM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so hilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: Liz

Yup, she’s white.


11 posted on 05/21/2026 2:53:38 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nickcarraway
The Girls in the Crew are waiting for You...


12 posted on 05/21/2026 2:56:58 PM PDT by Right Brigade (A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you,)
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To: nickcarraway

Is anyone else tired of the fraud going on against US Citizens?


13 posted on 05/21/2026 3:09:28 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: nickcarraway; All

https://patriots.win/p/1ASsZ8BMu5


14 posted on 05/21/2026 3:57:17 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: T.B. Yoits
Aimee Bock was the one who carried it out but she's not the mastermind.

They're covering up the masterminds behind these scams because they also doing it for other government programs throughout the country.

15 posted on 05/21/2026 4:25:12 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: nickcarraway

Two things that sentence makes plain:

She can’t make restitution because it’s already been split up among her co-conspirators, and

Prosecutors really want to know who they are and if she rats them out she might only get five or ten years.


16 posted on 05/21/2026 4:30:45 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (There will be a celebration in January 2025, either with champagne or with “hardware)
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On Fox she looked like she really needed a makeover. Other pics showed her rather attractive. Tell me we’re not being played.


17 posted on 05/21/2026 5:28:44 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: nickcarraway

She’ll be out in 2


18 posted on 05/21/2026 5:30:11 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
With a face like that, the dykes will stay away in droves.

,,, all cats are grey in the dark.

19 posted on 05/21/2026 6:06:41 PM PDT by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: shaggy eel
,,, all cats are grey in the dark.


20 posted on 05/21/2026 6:09:29 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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