Aimee Bock, 45, will spend nearly 42 years in prison for playing what prosecutors called a “central” role in the nation’s largest COVID-19 pandemic scam, which raked in $242 million and resulted in dozens of indictments, many against Somalis. The case touched off lasting ripple effects not only in Minnesota but nationwide, prosecutors said.
Bock had been the leader of a nonprofit called “Feeding Our Future” (FOF), which prosecutors said “operated like a cash pipeline” by tapping into the Federal Child Nutrition Program meant to feed children.
A federal jury convicted Aimee Bock and co-defendant Salim Said in March 2025 after a six-week trial. Said has not yet been sentenced….