Minnesota Somali Fraud: FBI files raise EXPLOSIVE new questions in MN's biggest food scandal

A few days after the FBI raided the headquarters of Feeding Our Future and the home of its leader, Aimee Bock, federal authorities raided Partners in Nutrition, Bock’s biggest competitor and another suspected sponsor of fraudulent meal sites. But the nature and outcome of those visits in 2022 were starkly different. After questioning Bock, FBI agents left with her laptop, $13,000 in cash and boxes of incriminating documents that helped the government convict her and dozens of business associates of looting $250 million from a federally funded meals program. But when FBI agents visited Partners in Nutrition (PIN) they were met by an attorney, who told them to avoid speaking to the firm’s founder and chief executive, Kara Lomen. FBI agent Jared Kary later testified in court that he and other agents eventually left the St. Paul nonprofit without key documents. They never interviewed Lomen about her role in the nonprofit approving nearly $100 million in payments to men and women who falsely claimed to be feeding thousands of needy kids each day.

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