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Minnesota ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about $250M COVID meal fraud, scheme ‘mastermind’ claims in jailhouse interview
AOL ^ | May 16, 2026 | Gabrielle Fahmy

Posted on 05/16/2026 5:16:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

he Minnesota “mastermind” of the state’s massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.

Aimee Bock, founder of nonprofit Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud for allegedly 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.

“I struggle to believe that she wouldn’t have known,” Bock said of Omar.

Dozens of members of Minnesota’s Somali community have been convicted of fraudulently billing the state’s Department of Education for millions of meals they claimed they served to low-income children during the COVID outbreak — while pocketing much of the money.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: coverup; crime; democrats; fraud; meal; minnesota; omar; theft
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1 posted on 05/16/2026 5:16:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

*Yawn*


2 posted on 05/16/2026 5:17:27 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Jet Jaguar

Of course she knew and was involved. Only an infant would think otherwise.


3 posted on 05/16/2026 5:20:03 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: Jet Jaguar

NO WAY, Jose....


4 posted on 05/16/2026 5:27:32 PM PDT by Paladin2 ( YMMV)
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To: dfwgator

Go to bed.


5 posted on 05/16/2026 5:28:28 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: dfwgator

Agr, when do Democrats ever go to jail for anything. They hang together so they don’t hang separately


6 posted on 05/16/2026 5:45:00 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( )
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To: Jet Jaguar

Everyone knows this including the Democrat party.
The question is will anyone of importance ever go to prison over it?


7 posted on 05/16/2026 5:49:21 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Jet Jaguar
I hate hearing these reports. Not because I don't think it happened, but because it did and no punishment will be dispensed. What is point of these investigations if no one will be held accountable?

There are times where I wish someone on the left would pull the trigger to start the civil war in earnest. Let's end this madness one way or another.

8 posted on 05/16/2026 5:52:44 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

The question is what will happen to this terrorist Omar? She’s still free as a bird to continue committing fraud.


9 posted on 05/16/2026 6:21:43 PM PDT by gildafarrell (To Strive, To Seek, To Find and Not To Yield!)
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To: gildafarrell

The answer is, I predict, nothing...


10 posted on 05/16/2026 6:24:33 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

Isn’t that ho ever going to be thrown in an American prison where she belongs?


11 posted on 05/16/2026 6:24:40 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (NO KINGS?! No pineapple princesses either. Sandy Ocasio and Kamala Harris have got to go!!!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Dig deep enough and you will find her name on a secret account.


12 posted on 05/16/2026 6:36:55 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

That kind of money doesn’t change hands without the local politicians knowing about it.


13 posted on 05/16/2026 10:40:05 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Jet Jaguar

when? do we throw her out of this country or better yet jail her


14 posted on 05/17/2026 4:03:47 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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