Overview
- U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel sentenced Aimee Bock to roughly 41 to 41.5 years in federal prison on Thursday after her 2025 convictions for wire fraud, conspiracy and federal programs bribery.
- Prosecutors say Bock ran a pandemic-era billing scheme that used fake invoices, inflated meal counts and fictional attendance lists to claim roughly $240–250 million from federal child nutrition programs.
- A jury convicted Bock last year on seven counts after prosecutors presented evidence she signed reimbursement claims and coordinated payments to sham sites and kickback recipients.
- A state audit found the Minnesota Department of Education repeatedly missed red flags that let high-volume payments continue, and federal recoveries so far have been a fraction of the alleged loss with restitution figures reported inconsistently.
- The broader federal probe remains active with about 78–79 people charged, more than 60 convictions or pleas to date, and new indictments that could lead to more prosecutions and further pressure for oversight and reimbursement reforms.