Feeding Our Future fraud: Federal trial begins for organization's founder
The founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future will go to trial on Monday on federal wire fraud and bribery charges.
Founder of Feeding Our Future set for federal trial in Minneapolis over federal meal fraud
It’s been three years since the FBI raided the offices of Feeding Our Future in St. Anthony, Minnesota. When the first set of indictments came in the fall of 2022, Aimee Bock was listed as defendant number one.
Feeding Our Future: Rochester man pleads guilty to fraud, money laundering
A Rochester man pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his involvement in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme after claiming to serve 2,000 to 3,000 daily breakfasts and lunches to children from October 2020 through January 2022.
Feeding our Future fraud case: Former Frey aide set to plead guilty
Two brothers, including a former senior aide to Mayor Jacob Frey, are set to enter guilty pleas in the massive Feeding our Future fraud case, days before they were set to face trial.
Feeding Our Future: Defendant sentenced to 17 years, another pleads guilty
The second defendant in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme was sentenced Friday to 17.5 years in prison and will pay almost $48 million in restitution. Another woman involved in the scheme also pleaded guilty Friday.
FBI raids autism treatment centers in Minneapolis, St. Cloud in fraud case
FBI agents raided autism treatment centers in Minneapolis and St. Cloud Thursday morning. The raids could be part of a broader investigation, with search warrants indicating that the raids are part of an investigation into possible Medicaid fraud.
DFL proposes new Office of Inspector General, GOP claims 'publicity stunt'
A DFL lawmaker hopes to establish a Minnesota Office of Inspector General (OIG) during the next legislative session, but a GOP critic says the move is a "publicity stunt" after a similar proposal earlier this year.
Feeding Our Future juror bribe: Texts reveal details of plot, prosecutors say
A new court document details what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a frantic effort by defendants to get a juror to vote for an acquittal in a pandemic fraud case.
Feeding Our Future: First defendant sentenced, ordered to pay nearly $48M in restitution
The first sentencing in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme resulted in a Savage man being handed down a 12-year prison sentence and having to pay back nearly $48 million in restitution.
Feds: Feeding our Future defendant 'will leave prison a wealthy man'
Prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future fraud case in Minnesota are urging a judge to hand down a stiff sentence for one of the defendants who they say wired hundreds of thousands of dollars to China. They warn he will leave prison as "a wealthy man."
Feeding Our Future: Founder accused of violating release conditions with undisclosed loan
Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock is accused of violating the terms of her pretrial release after not disclosing a student loan line of credit she received for $185,394.
Eagan woman pleads guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud case
Prosecutors said Jama spent money from the Feeding Our Future scheme on a home in Eagan and two cars, including a Tesla Model X.
Feeding our Future: More than $50 million recovered in government restitution
Government restitution efforts have reportedly recovered more than $50 million from the Feeding Our Future scandal, according to an official from the United States Department of Justice.
Feeding our Future: Juror bribery attempt leads to guilty plea
A woman from Seattle is charged with delivering a bribe to a juror in an attempt to secure a not-guilty verdict in the Feeding our Future trial has now pleaded guilty, reversing a previous plea.
Gov. Walz subpoenaed by House committee for Feeding Our Future scheme
The Committee on Education and the Workforce issued a subpoena to the administration of Gov. Tim Walz on the Feeding Our Future fraud that happened during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feeding Our Future: Defendant pleads not guilty, will head to trial
In total, 60 people have now been charged on several counts as part of a scheme using COVID-19 funds that were supposed to feed children.