Seven individuals were convicted for a massive pandemic food aid fraud scheme in Minnesota.
The group fraudulently obtained more than $250 million in federal funds meant to feed children.
Stolen money was used to buy luxury cars, properties, and international vacations.
The scheme’s mastermind, Aimee Bock, was convicted of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery.
The scandal has prompted political scrutiny over the oversight of emergency funds.
In the shadow of a global pandemic, a network of fraudsters capitalized on a historic opportunity to steal. While American families struggled, a brazen scheme in Minnesota diverted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars meant to feed hungry children into a whirlwind of private villas, luxury cars, and stacks of cash. Newly revealed court exhibits paint a staggering picture of greed, exposing one of the largest COVID-era frauds in U.S. history and raising urgent questions about the oversight of public funds.
The scheme centered on nonprofit food programs like Feeding Our Future, which was responsible for ensuring children didn’t go hungry during the pandemic. Instead, prosecutors say, its founder and executive director, Aimee Bock, presided over a network that systematically exploited the emergency. The organization claimed to have served 91 million meals, fraudulently receiving nearly $250 million in federal funds. Bock was convicted in March 2025 of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery for her role, which prosecutors described as that of the scheme’s
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