Minnesota Fraud Mastermind Sentenced to Nearly 42 Years in Prison

Prosecutors sought a five-decade sentence for Aimee Bock, calling her ’the central figure' in the nation’s largest COVID-19 pandemic scam.

Aimee Bock, the executive director of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, speaks in St. Anthony, Minn., on Jan. 27, 2022. Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via AP

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 also 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.