Shameless Midwest mom who oversaw $250m Somali fraud scam gets ENORMOUS prison sentence that will see her remain behind bars until she's a very elderly woman
The Midwest mother who masterminded the roughly $250 million Somali-linked fraud in Minnesota was sentenced to more than 41 years in prison on Thursday morning.
Aimee Bock, 45, was convicted last March of multiple counts involving conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery for her role in the Feeding Our Future scam, which prosecutors called the country's largest Covid-era fraud.
Feeding Our Future received about $250 million in federal funds while falsely claiming to be serving 91 million meals for hungry children, prosecutors said.
Instead, the taxpayer money was used to finance expensive lifestyles, including Bock's.
US District Judge Nancy Brasel made an example of Bock as she sentenced her to prison and admonished her in front of the packed Minneapolis courtroom.
'This was a vortex of fraud and you were its epicenter,' Brasel told Bock. 'A sentence of less than 500 months would not do justice to the people of Minnesota, who in a very real sense were the victims of this fraud.'
Assistant US Attorney Rebecca Kline told the court that the government believed that 'disabling Aimee Bock from ever meaningfully participating in society ever again [was] the only just outcome.'
Before being sentenced, Bock was in tears as she apologized and said, 'I don't have the words to express just how horrible I feel,' according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. 'I know I'm responsible.'
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15837343/mom-feeding-future-minnesota-scam-sentencing-interview.html
https://www.startribune.com/aimee-bock-sentence-fraud-feeding-our-future/601846911