Feeding Our Future mastermind says Somali accomplices scammed her
Aimee Bock, the ringleader of the Feeding Our Future fraud, claims her Somali co-conspirators orchestrated the scheme that defrauded a federal food assistance program. Facing a potential 100-year prison sentence, Bock argues she was misled by her accomplices, who she says are the true masterminds behind the operation. Her defense team contends that Bock's lack of familiarity with Somali culture made her an easy target for manipulation by her co-defendants.
- ▪Aimee Bock is the founder of Feeding Our Future and faces a maximum sentence of 100 years in prison.
- ▪Bock claims she was a scapegoat for the actions of her Somali accomplices, who she alleges orchestrated the fraud.
- ▪Federal prosecutors have recommended a 50-year sentence, asserting that Bock was the brains behind the operation.
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The convicted ringleader of the Feeding Our Future fraud is blaming her Somali co-conspirators for orchestrating the sprawling billing scheme that stole more than $250 million from a federal food assistance program, insisting ahead of this week’s sentencing hearing that she, too, was duped by the Minnesota-based network of Somali fraudsters. Aimee Bock faces a statutory maximum sentence of 100 years in federal prison in what would be the lengthiest and most severe punishment yet in the Feeding Our Future fraud case, a penalty to be determined at Thursday’s sentencing hearing.
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