Feeding Our Future Ringleader Will Serve Decades in Prison

The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit has been sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for her role in a staggering $250 million fraud case.

Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which had claimed it provided millions of meals to children in need during the pandemic. “I understand I failed. I failed the public, my family, everyone,” Bock, 45, said in federal court. Her lawyer had argued for a sentence of no more than three years, saying she had been unfairly painted as the mastermind.

After the hearing, authorities held a news conference to announce charges against 15 more people accused of fraud in receiving federal payments for a variety of social services administered through Minnesota’s state government. The FBI said one man jumped from a fourth-floor balcony to avoid arrest.

AP