MINNEAPOLIS – A jury finds Aimee Bock guilty on all counts for her role in a pandemic-era fraud scheme prosecutors say stole $250 million in state money that was supposed to go toward feeding children in Minnesota.
Bock, the founder of Feeding Our Future, was one of 70 defendants charged in the case.
Bock and co-defendant Salim Ahmed Said were charged with multiple counts involving conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery. Said was also charged with money laundering.
Prosecutors say Bock took nearly $2 million and Said was accused of taking $5 million.
There was also an attempt to bribe a juror in an earlier trial and witness tampering in Bock’s trial.
Prosecutors argued Bock and Said exploited chaos during the pandemic by submitting false paperwork and didn’t give anywhere near as many meals to children as they said they did.
