Federal funding was siphoned through multiple fraudulent avenues.
The Department of Justice announced that the founder and director of Feeding Our Future, Aimee Bock, has been sentenced to 500 months in prison for orchestrating a years-long fraud scheme. She and her co-conspirator, Salim Said, created shell companies in Minnesota to help receive and launder proceeds. Under their Feeding Our Future program, 250 Federal Nutrition Program sites were opened, and $240 million in federal child nutrition funds were obtained. Other laundered funds were transferred in cash or disguised as consulting fees. The scheme increased from receiving just $3.4 million in federal funds in 2019 to $200 million in 2021.
“Over 41 years in prison is the cost this fraudster will pay for stealing from children,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald for the National Fraud Enforcement Division. “Rather than using taxpayer funds intended to feed vulnerable children, the defendant instead pocketed the money to buy luxury vehicles, residential and commercial real estate in Minnesota, and finance international travel. As this prison sentence makes clear, Minnesota fraudsters should be on high alert — justice is on the move.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Assistant Attorney General McDonald as he oversees the National Fraud Enforcement Division.
- For DOJ prosecutors as they pursue sentencing for those who have scammed and fraudulently obtained federal funding.
- For Vice President Vance and members of the White House Task Force as they seek to eliminate fraud.
Sources: Department of Justice
