Overview
- Prosecutors in Minnesota, in a Monday memo, asked a federal judge to sentence Aimee Bock to 50 years for leading what they call a vast pandemic meal-funding fraud and cited her lack of accountability and alleged leaking of protected documents.
- Bock’s lawyers asked for time served or no more than 37 months, disputing the government’s $243 million loss figure and arguing the court should base punishment on what was proven at trial rather than an untested aggregate, including the absence of a market-value food analysis.
- Sentencing is set for Thursday in U.S. District Court before Judge Nancy Brasel after a March 19, 2025 jury conviction on conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery.
- In a jailhouse video interview Tuesday, Bock said she regrets how events unfolded but denied knowingly allowing fraud and said she first learned of the 50-year request during the call.
- A Minnesota House fraud prevention committee report faulted Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Rep. Ilhan Omar for creating conditions that enabled the scheme, signaling ongoing political fallout in the state.