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Bock, 45, was convicted for her role in the scheme in 2025. Photo: Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via Getty Images
A judge has ordered the Minnesota "mastermind" in the nation's largest pandemic fraud case to serve 41.5 years in prison — the harshest sentence to date in connection with the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.
Why it matters: Prosecutors say former Feeding Our Future executive director Aimee Bock was at the center of a scheme to steal more than $240 million from a federally funded child meals program during the pandemic.
