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{{Infobox Person
|name = Aimee Bock
|occupation = Nonprofit executive
|known_for = Founder of Feeding Our Future
|charges = Conspiracy to commit wire fraud (1 count), Wire fraud (4 counts), Conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery (1 count), Federal programs bribery (1 count)
|conviction_date = March 19, 2025
|sentence = 500 months (41 years, 8 months) federal prison
|sentencing_date = May 21, 2026
|restitution = Nearly $243 million
|judge = Hon. Nancy E. Brasel
|case_number = D. Minnesota
|facility = Federal custody
|status = Incarcerated
}}

'''Aimee Bock''' is an American former nonprofit executive who founded and ran Feeding Our Future, a Minnesota organization at the center of what federal prosecutors have called the largest pandemic-relief fraud scheme in the United States. Between 2020 and 2022, Bock and a network of associates drew down close to $250 million in federal child-nutrition money by billing the government for meals that were never served.<ref name="doj-sentence">U.S. Department of Justice. "Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months." Office of Public Affairs, May 21, 2026.</ref><ref name="doj-verdict">U.S. Department of Justice, District of Minnesota. "Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Mastermind and Co-Defendant Guilty in $250 Million Pandemic Fraud Scheme." March 19, 2025.</ref>

A federal jury convicted her on all seven counts she faced in March 2025. On May 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced her to 500 months in prison, the longest term handed down to any defendant in the case. The court called her the center of the fraud and ordered her to pay nearly $243 million in restitution.<ref name="doj-sentence"/><ref name="mprnews-sentence">MPR News. "Aimee Bock sentenced to 500 months in prison in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme." May 21, 2026.</ref>

== Feeding Our Future ==

Bock founded Feeding Our Future in 2016. The organization was a nonprofit sponsor in the [[Federal Child Nutrition Program]], a USDA-funded system that reimburses sites for meals served to low-income children. In Minnesota the program is administered by the state Department of Education. Sponsors like Feeding Our Future sign up individual meal sites, pass federal money through to them, and are supposed to verify that the meals are real.<ref name="doj-verdict"/>

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the USDA waived several oversight rules so that children could still be fed while schools were closed. Sites no longer had to be tied to an educational program, and meals could be handed out for off-site use. Prosecutors said Bock and her associates treated those loosened rules as an opening.<ref name="sahan-verdict">Sahan Journal. "Convicted: Aimee Bock, Salim Said guilty of all counts in Feeding Our Future fraud." March 19, 2025.</ref>

The number of sites under Feeding Our Future's sponsorship grew quickly. So did the money. The organization collected administrative fees on every dollar of federal reimbursement that flowed through it. As the claimed meal counts climbed, so did Bock's cut.<ref name="doj-verdict"/>

== The Scheme ==

The fraud ran on fake numbers. Sites enrolled under Feeding Our Future claimed to serve thousands of meals a day to children, often within days of opening and often from storefronts and parking lots that could not have handled that volume. One site reported feeding roughly 6,000 children a day. Investigators found it averaged about 40 visitors.<ref name="sahan-verdict"/>

To support the claims, the operators submitted rosters listing the names and ages of children supposedly fed each day. Many of those names were invented. Some were generated from spreadsheets and age tables. The federal money came back as reimbursement, and the operators split it.<ref name="doj-verdict"/>

Across the whole case, defendants billed for roughly 91 million meals that were never served. Prosecutors estimated that only about three cents of every dollar went to actual food. The rest paid for houses, cars, travel, and overseas property.<ref name="doj-verdict"/><ref name="startribune-sentence">Star Tribune. "Aimee Bock sentenced to more than 41 years in prison for Feeding Our Future fraud scandal." May 21, 2026.</ref>

Bock's role was supervisory. She ran the sponsor that was supposed to police the sites. When the Minnesota Department of Education tried to slow down or question the explosive growth, Bock pushed back, including through litigation that accused the state of discrimination. State oversight stalled. The sites kept billing.<ref name="startribune-sentence"/>

== Investigation ==

The federal investigation began in 2021. On January 20, 2022, agents executed a coordinated set of search warrants across the Twin Cities. The operation involved more than 200 personnel from the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division, and other agencies, and was among the largest law-enforcement search efforts in Minnesota history.<ref name="cbs-sentence">CBS News Minnesota. "Feeding Our Future fraud ringleader Aimee Bock sentenced to 41+ years in prison." May 21, 2026.</ref>

Feeding Our Future dissolved later that year. In September 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota announced charges against dozens of defendants tied to the scheme. The case was investigated by the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the USDA, and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office under then-U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger.<ref name="doj-verdict"/>

== Trial and Conviction ==

Bock was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, four counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, and one count of federal programs bribery.<ref name="doj-verdict"/>

She did not plead guilty. Her trial opened in February 2025, the second trial to come out of the investigation. She was tried alongside Salim Said, an operator of one of the largest sites. On March 19, 2025, the jury convicted both defendants on every count.<ref name="doj-verdict"/><ref name="mprnews-verdict">MPR News. "Feeding Our Future head Aimee Bock convicted on all fraud charges." March 19, 2025.</ref>

A separate episode shadowed the case. During the first Feeding Our Future trial in 2024, which involved a different group of defendants, someone left a bag holding $120,000 in cash at a juror's home in an attempt to buy an acquittal. The juror reported it. The bribery attempt led to additional charges and drew national attention to the case. It did not involve Bock's jury.<ref name="cbs-sentence"/>

== Sentencing ==

Judge Brasel sentenced Bock on May 21, 2026. Prosecutors had asked for 50 years. The court imposed 500 months, or 41 years and 8 months, the stiffest sentence of anyone charged in the scheme. The judge described the operation as a "fraud vortex" and placed Bock at its center.<ref name="doj-sentence"/><ref name="reformer-sentence">Minnesota Reformer. "Feeding Our Future 'mastermind' sentenced to over 41 years in prison." May 21, 2026.</ref>

The court ordered restitution of nearly $243 million. Bock was taken into federal custody. The specific Bureau of Prisons facility for her sentence has not been publicly reported.<ref name="doj-sentence"/><ref name="mprnews-sentence"/>

== The Broader Case ==

The Feeding Our Future prosecution is one of the largest fraud cases the Justice Department has brought out of the pandemic. About 70 people were charged. By the time Bock was sentenced, roughly 65 had been convicted, most through guilty pleas and a smaller number at trial. Bock's 500-month term stands as the longest sentence in the group.<ref name="doj-sentence"/><ref name="startribune-sentence"/>

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
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{{FAQ|question=Who is Aimee Bock?|answer=Aimee Bock is the founder and former executive director of Feeding Our Future, a Minnesota nonprofit that federal prosecutors identified as the hub of a roughly $250 million fraud against federal child-nutrition programs. A jury convicted her on all seven counts she faced in March 2025.}}
{{FAQ|question=What did Aimee Bock do?|answer=Bock ran Feeding Our Future, a sponsor in the federal child-nutrition program. Prosecutors proved that she and a network of operators billed the government for roughly 91 million meals that were never served, drawing down close to $250 million in federal money. She was convicted of wire fraud, conspiracy, and federal programs bribery.}}
{{FAQ|question=How long is Aimee Bock's sentence?|answer=U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Bock on May 21, 2026, to 500 months in federal prison, which is 41 years and 8 months. It is the longest sentence imposed on any defendant in the Feeding Our Future case.}}
{{FAQ|question=How much money was involved in the Feeding Our Future fraud?|answer=The scheme drew down close to $250 million in federal child-nutrition funds. Defendants billed for about 91 million meals that were never served, and prosecutors estimated that only about three percent of the money went to actual food. Bock was ordered to pay nearly $243 million in restitution.}}
{{FAQ|question=Did Aimee Bock go to trial?|answer=Yes. Bock did not plead guilty. She went to trial in February 2025 alongside co-defendant Salim Said, and on March 19, 2025, a federal jury convicted both of them on all counts.}}
{{FAQ|question=How was the Feeding Our Future fraud discovered?|answer=A federal investigation that began in 2021 led to a coordinated set of FBI and IRS searches across the Twin Cities on January 20, 2022. The organization dissolved that year, and charges against dozens of defendants were announced in September 2022.}}
{{FAQ|question=Where is Aimee Bock incarcerated?|answer=Bock was taken into federal custody after her May 2026 sentencing. The specific Bureau of Prisons facility assigned to her has not been publicly reported.}}
{{FAQSection/End}}

== References ==

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[[Category:High-Profile_Federal_Offenders]]
[[Category:Wire_Fraud]]
[[Category:White_Collar_Crime]]
[[Category:Pandemic Relief Fraud]]
[[Category:Currently Incarcerated]]

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