Feeding Our Future ‘mastermind’ sentenced to over 41 years in prison

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 1,223

Last Updated: 2 months ago


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Aimee Bock, convicted for leading a $242 million pandemic relief fraud scheme known as Feeding Our Future, has been sentenced to 500 months — over 41 years — in prison.

“This was a vortex of fraud, and you were at the epicenter,” said U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel to Bock during the sentencing hearing on Thursday morning at the Minneapolis federal courthouse.

The sentence is less than the 50 years that federal prosecutors sought as …

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