[NewsMax] A judge on Thursday sentenced the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit to nearly 42 years in prison after her conviction in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which had claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children in need during the pandemic.
“I understand I failed. I failed the public, my family, everyone,” Bock said in federal court.
President Donald Trump used the fraud cases against Bock and many others to initially justify a massive surge of federal officers to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area last winter, leading to a pushback by residents and the deaths of two people.
“Feeding Our Future operated like a cash pipeline, open to anyone willing to submit fraudulent claims and pay kickbacks,” prosecutors said in a court filing. “The ripple effects of her actions are profound, immeasurable, and will have lasting consequences for both Minnesota and the nation.”
Bock was convicted last year of multiple counts involving conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery. She had long insisted she was innocent.
Her lawyer, Kenneth Udoibok, argued for a much shorter sentence, saying Bock had provided information to investigators. He argued that Bock had been unfairly painted as the mastermind and insisted that two co-defendants were responsible for running the scams.
The nonprofit sat atop a fraud network that included a web of partner organizations, phony distribution sites, kickbacks and fake lists of children supposedly being fed, prosecutors say.
Dozens of people, many from the state’s large Somali community, have been convicted for their roles in a series of overlapping food fraud cases that have spent years in the courts.
Meanwhile, authorities this week filed additional charges against others in their sprawling investigation into federal social service spending in Minnesota.
The targets include Fahima Mahamud, who was CEO of Future Leaders Early Learning Center, a child care center in Minneapolis. Over three years, Mahamud’s organization was reimbursed approximately $4.6 million for services on behalf of people who didn’t make a required copayment, prosecutors allege.
A message seeking comment from her lawyer was not immediately returned Thursday. Mahamud was charged separately in February with fraud related to meals. She has pleaded not guilty.
Trump, who has long derided Somalis, last year blasted the state as “a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity.” He also criticized the leadership of Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee in the 2024 election.
“Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing. Send them back to where they came from,” Trump wrote on social media.
Bock is white and the U.S. Attorney’s Office says the overwhelming majority of defendants in the cases are of Somali descent. Most are U.S. citizens.
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The long sentence surprised me. For a non violent crime by a first time offender I thought the court would limit it to 10-15 years even though the extent of the crime was enormous and Aimee Bock lied repeatedly on the witness stand.
Happy I was wrong.
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Hope she loosens her tongue about Ellison et al, but she's a noted liar, fraud, and criminal. Come to think of it - she's an Ellison affiliate?
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This is marvelous. Any chance they’ll get any of the money back from any of them, beyond stopping this particular hemorrhage?
[NYPost] Seven years ago, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner cruelly mocked an American soldier who was caught on camera taking fire from the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The viral helmet footage showed how Pfc. Ted Daniels moved into the open as a diversion tactic to help his squad mates get to safety. But Platner saw him as a "dumb motherf—er" who "didn’t deserve to live."
"This video never gets old. Dumb mother—er didn’t deserve to live. At least his stupidity and fat ass wheezing are available for all future infantrymen to witness and hold in contempt," Platner, then a 34-year-old, chided on his burner Reddit account.
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seems to me this (only 7 yrs ago comment) is worse than Jay Jones, worse than Planer's p&rn comments, worse than Platner's tattoo
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At best, he is commie scum.
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Platner seems to have a big mouth.
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The posts came from a deleted Reddit account with the username "P-Hustle," which Platner has claimed ownership of. All the deleted posts can be found in the Maine Monitor’s Database, a complete archive of all 2,014 posts from his now-deleted account.
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he also advocated using Thai prostitutes rather than bi..hy wives and complained when the IRS changed rules that, in effect, made the cost of this service a job related expense
again not as bad as mocking the purple heart Pfc
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We have drummed people out of our fire department for being anything less than 100% respectful of an auto incident, but we're just a bunch of fucking volunteers so what the fuck does he know better?
If Graham Platner's day wasn't bad enough... here he is talking about Thai prostitutes.
“Spend your leave banging hookers in Thailand instead of getting b*tched at by the wife back home, and you could sell it as avoiding federal income tax.”https://t.co/gLPBH4zo66
[FoxNews] Over the last 36 hours, Ilhan Omar, sure has been a centerpiece, even with the Mid-Terms NEWS cycle.
Omar breaks silence on alleged fraud connections in statement pointing to Trump admin: 'Flat-out false'
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Omar mocks Vance DOJ immigration fraud probe claim: ‘They’re just saying stupid s---’
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For Ilhan Omar to say she didn’t know about fraud is the ‘biggest lie in American history’: Nick Shirley
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JD Vance fills in for Karoline Leavitt, discusses Ilhan Omar immigration fraud
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JD Vance says DOJ looking into if Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud amid brother-marriage allegations
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JD Vance senses 'something fishy' with Ilhan Omar
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WATCH: Omar silent when confronted on alleged ties to massive Minnesota fraud scandal
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Minnesota fraud mastermind to face sentencing for $250 million scheme
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Ilhan Omar under new investigation over finances
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Is Ilhan Omar going to be ARRESTED or she just another distraction from other events unfolding.
BTW: Based on Gray-world readings.
It has been said "Anonymous" has announced (he/she/it/them) will be releasing unredacted Epstein files soon now that the Mid-Term elections are over.
"There's nobody looking into anything," she[Omar] said. "They're just saying those things to get interviews with you guys. There's nothing really happening."
No one has "investigated anything," she continued. "He hasn't done anything. He hasn't referred me to anybody. He's just saying that so he can get TV interviews, because you guys will only talk to them if they say something about me."
[FoxNews] Medi-Cal expanded coverage for tribal spiritual interventions, ceremonies, and herbal remedies in 2024
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., railed against California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, which is facing scrutiny from the Trump administration over fraud allegations, as Kennedy highlighted reports during a Tuesday hearing that the state covers exorcisms and other faith-based healing practices.
Medi-Cal’s spending practices have faced growing scrutiny as California’s Medicaid spending has more than doubled since 2019, rising from roughly $100.7 billion to a projected $222 billion in 2026.
Just last week, the Trump administration suspended $1.4 billion in federal funding for California home health and hospice programs after Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force identified an estimated $600 million in suspected fraud within the state's Medicaid system.
Kennedy alleged during his line of questioning to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that taxpayer dollars were being used to cover the cost of exorcisms, a religious practice most commonly associated with the Catholic Church, and other indigenous spiritual practices.
"California's got 12% of the population in the last 10 years," Kennedy told Blanche. "They're responsible for half of these new so-called health providers to provide exorcisms and other things. Now, what the hell are we doing about it? Why has this gone on for so long?"
Reports that California provides Medicaid coverage for exorcisms and other spiritual rituals were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
In 2024, Medi-Cal expanded coverage for recipients seeking traditional healers and natural helpers within tribal communities. Services covered by taxpayer dollars include music therapy and spiritual interventions such as ceremonies, rituals and herbal remedies, according to a press release from Gov. Gavin Newsom's office.
To be recognized by the state as a traditional healer, a person must have served as a spiritual leader within an American Indian tribe for at least two years and be contracted by an Indian Health Care Provider. Meanwhile, the requirement for a natural helper is less stringent and can apply to anyone considered a "trusted" member of an American Indian tribe.
Newsom said this expansion of coverage for tribal medicine was made to assist in "helping heal the historical wounds inflicted on tribes."
"Like many of the issues that plague successive generations of Native people, those inequities can be traced back to the historical atrocities the U.S. inflicted on tribes across the country," Newsom said in a press release announcing the Medi-Cal expansion. "By supporting greater access to traditional medicine and healing, we are taking another step toward a healthier, brighter future."
It remains unclear how much Medi-Cal has spent covering services provided by traditional healers or natural helpers. The California Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to Fox News Digital's questions by the time of publication.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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dominated Mexico for six years.
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